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Ammihud

Also known as Ammihud =ESV, NIV, KJV, LQ; Ammihur =LK

Ammihud (or Ammihur) was the father of Talmai, the king of Geshur, to whom Absalom fled after killing his brother Amnon. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 2 Samuel 13:37.

Why it matters. Father of Talmai, king of Geshur

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2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Ammihud

Ammihud, also known as Ammihur, was the father of Talmai, the king of Geshur. After Absalom, the son of King David, killed his brother Amnon, he fled to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. Absalom stayed with Talmai for three years before returning to Jerusalem. Geshur was a small Aramean kingdom located northeast of the Sea of Galilee.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

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