1. Son of Gemalli, and spy of the tribe of Dan (Nu 13:12 (Priestly Narrative)). 2. Father of Machir (2Sa 9:4 f., 2Sa 17:27). 3. The sixth son of Obed-edom, who with his family constituted one of the courses of doorkeepers in the time of David; to them was allotted charge of the S. gate (of the Temple) and the storehouse (1Ch 26, esp. 1Ch 26:5,15). 4. See Eliam, 1.
So the king said to him, "Where is he?" And Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel in Lo-debar."
Now when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim,
Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh and Peullethai the eighth; God had indeed blessed him.
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