Ahiman

Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia

(brother of a gift) (Num. 13:22) — a Levite, a gatekeeper, one of the three sons of Anak, who lived in Hebron at the time the spies came from the wilderness of Paran with news of the land of Canaan. Caleb drove them out of this city (Josh. 15:14), and in battle they lost their lives (Judg. [reference incomplete in source]).

Scripture cited

Numbers 13:22 Joshua 15:14

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