Ammid'ioi [some editions corruptly Ammidior] Chufiiciioi v. r. 'Appica7oi), one of the persons whose descendants (or rather places whose inhabitants) are said to have returned from the captivity (1 Esdr. v, 20) ; but the name is apparently an interpolation, or
at least inextricably confused, as nothing correspond- ing to it is found in the genuine texts (Ezra ii, 25 ; Neh. vii, 29) ; this, with the previous two names (Pira and Chadias), being inserted between Beroth (Beeroth) and Cirama (Ramah). Perhaps it is compounded of the following names, Harim and Hadid, which other- wise are not given in the list of Esdras.
Am'miel (Heb. Ammiel' , PX",533', people [i. e. fricnd~\ of God: Sept. AptiiX), the name of four men:
1. The son of Gemalli, of the tribe of Dan, one of the twelve spies sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan (Num. xiii, 12), B.C. 1657. He was, of course, among the ten who perished by the plague for their unfavorable report (Num. xiv, 37).
2. The father of Machir of Lo-debar, which latter was one of David's friends (2 Sam. ix, 4, 5 ; xvii, 27). B.C. ante 1023.
3. The father of Bathsheba, wife of Uriah, and afterward of David (1 Chron. iii, 5). In 2 Sam. xi, 3, he is called (by transposition) Eliam (q. v.).
4. The sixth son of Obed-edom, the Levite (1 Chron. xxvi, 5), B.C. 1014.
Ammi'hud (Heb. Ammihud', ^ft^HS1, people of glory, i. e. renowned; Sept. E/iioik'?, but in 1 Chron. 'A/iiovS), the name of five men.
1. The father of Elishama, which latter was the Ephraimite chief in the time of the Exode (Num. i, 10 ; ii, 18 ; vii, 48, 53 ; x, 22). He was the son of Laadan, and the fifth or sixth in descent from Ephraim (1 Chron. vii, 26). B.C. ante 1658.
2. The father of Shemuel, which latter was a Sim- eonite chief of the period of the Exode (Num. xxxiv, 20). B.C. ante 1618.
3. The father of Pedahel, which latter was the chief of the tribe of Naphtali at the same period (Num. xxxiv, 28). B.C. ante 1618.
4. The father of Talmai, the king of Geshur, to whom Absalom fled after his murder of Amnon (2 Sam. xiii, 37, where the text has ""n IT1 13 2, Ammichur', margin "Ammihur"). B.C. ante 1033.
5. The son of Omri the descendant of Pharez, and the father of Uthai, which last was one of those who lived at Jerusalem on the return from Babylon (1 Chron. ix, 4). B.C. ante 536.
Ammin'adab (Heb. Amminadah' , 3'12'153?, kin- dred of the prince, Gesen. ; man of generosity, Fiirst, who ascribes to E3 the sense " homo" as its primitive meaning ; the passages, Psa. ex, 3 ; Cant, vi, 12, mar- gin, seem, however, rather to suggest the sense my people is willing; Sept. and New Test. 'ApivaSdfi, but in Exod. vi, 23, ' AfiuvaSafi), the name of three men. See Amminadib.
1. The father of Nahshon, which latter was phy- larch of the tribe of Judah at the time of the Exode (Num. i, 7 ; ii, 3 ; vii, 12, 17 ; x, 14). B.C. ante 1658. His father's name was Ram, and he was the fourth in descent from Judah, the sixth in ascent from Da- vid, and the forty-sixth from Christ (Ruth iv, 19, 20 ; 1 Chron. ii, 10 ; Matt, i, 4 ; Luke iii, 33). His daugh- ter Elisheba was married to Aaron (Exod. vi, 23).
2. A son of Kohath, the second son of Levi (1 Chron. vi, 22, 2, 18, in which latter two verses he seeirs to be called Izhar, q. v.).
3. A leader of the 112 descendants of Uzziel the Levite, who were appointed by David to remove the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chron. xv, 10, 11), B.C. cir. 1043,
Ammin'adib (Sl'll-lSaS, perhaps another form of the name Amminadab ; Sept. 'Afiivaddfi), a person whose chariots are mentioned as proverbial for their swiftness (Cant, vi, 12) ; from which he appears to have been, like Jehu, one of the most celebrated char- ioteers of his day. In man}' MSS. the Hebrew term is divided into two words, S^S "^"i ammi nadib, "of my willing" or " loyal people," which has beer
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followed in the Syriac, by the Jews in their Spanish version, and by many modern translators ; but, taken in this way, it is difficult to assign any satisfactory meaning to the passage. — Good's Song of Songs, in loc.
Ammishad'dai (Heb. Ammishadday' ', "Hd"'53", people [i. e. servants] of the Almighty; Sept. 'A^uaa- cai), the father of Ahie'zer, which latter was the chief of the Danites at the Exode (Num. i, 12 ; ii, 25). B.C. ante 1658.
Ammiz'abad (Heb. Ammizabad", "Ct^S", people of the Giver, i.e. servant of Jehovah; Sept. 'A/npa^c'iS v. r. Za/3a$), the son and subaltern of Benaiah, which latter was the third and prominent captain of the host under David (1 Chron. xxvii, 6), B.C. 1014.
Amnion (Heb. Amnion', "jislS, another form of the name Ben-Ammi; Sept. 'A^pc'tv), the son of Lot by his younger daughter (Gen. xix, 38), B.C. 2063. See Ben-Ammi. It also stands for his posterity (comp. Psa. lxxxiii, 7, 8), usually in the phrase "-children of Amman." See Ammonite. The expression most commonly employed for this nation is (in the original) " Bene- Amnion;" next in frequency comes "Ammo- ni" or ll Ammonim ;" and least often "Amnion." The translators of the Auth. Vers, have, as usual, neg- lected these minute differences, and have employed the three terms, children of Ammon, Ammonites, Am- nion, indiscriminately. For No-Ammon, see Amos, and No. The name is perpetuated in the modern ruins called Amman, which represent Rabbah-Am- MON (q. v.).