Joel. [Jo'el]
1. Eldest son of Samuel: he and his brother Abiah acted as judges; their corrupt practices were the plea upon which Israel demanded a king. 1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 1:6; 1 Chronicles 1:15. Apparently Joel is called VASHNI in 1 Chronicles 6:28; but it is possible that the word Joel has dropped out: the passage would then read "the firstborn Joel, and 'the second' Abiah," as in the R.V.
2. Prince in the tribe of Simeon. 1 Chronicles 4:35.
3. A Reubenite, father of Shemaiah, or Shema. 1 Chronicles 5:4, 1 Chronicles 1:5.
4. A chief man among the Gadites. 1 Chronicles 5:12.
5. Son of Azariah, a Kohathite. 1 Chronicles 6:36.
6. Son of Izrahiah, a descendant of Issachar. 1 Chronicles 7:3.
7. One of David's mighty men. 1 Chronicles 11:38.
8. A chief of the sons of Gershom. 1 Chronicles 15:7, 1 Chronicles 1:15.
9. Son of Jehieli, and descendant of Laadan, a Gershonite. 1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 1:26.
10. Son of Pedaiah, of the tribe of Manasseh. 1 Chronicles 27:20.
11. Son of Azariah, a Kohathite of Hezekiah's time. 2 Chronicles 29:12.
12. One who had married a strange wife. Ezra 10:43.
13. Son of Zichri, and overseer of the Benjamites in Jerusalem. Nehemiah 11:9.
14. Son of Pethuel: the prophet. Joel 1:1.