Joel יוֹאֵל

A Judge. Joel, the firstborn son of Samuel, served as a judge in Israel but did not walk in his father's ways.

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Also called Vashni.

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Where Joel appears

1 Chronicles (3), 1 Samuel (1)

Key verses

• 1 Samuel 8:2 first mention — Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
• 1 Chronicles 6:28 — And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
• 1 Chronicles 6:33 — And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
• 1 Chronicles 15:17 — So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.