Person Old Testament
Ammihud
Ammihud was the father of Shemuel, the leader from the tribe of Simeon appointed to help divide the land of Canaan. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Numbers 34:20.
Why it matters. Father of Shemuel, leader from Simeon
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Ammihud
Ammihud was the father of Shemuel, a leader from the tribe of Simeon. When the Lord commanded Moses to appoint leaders from each tribe to help divide the land of Canaan among the Israelites, Shemuel son of Ammihud was chosen to represent the tribe of Simeon in this important task.
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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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
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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.
Numbers (1 verse)