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JOEL

(Heb. yôʾēl)

A common name in the OT (Heb. “Yah[weh] is God”).

1. The elder son of the prophet Samuel. He and his brother Abijah were appointed by their father to be judges in Beer-sheba, but they perverted justice and accepted bribes (1 Sam. 8:1-3). According to 1 Chr. 6:33(MT 18); 15:17 he was a Kohathite Levite and the father of the singer Heman (cf. 6:28[13] MT).

2. A prince of the tribe of Simeon at the time of Hezekiah (1 Chr. 4:35).

3. A Reubenite, the father of Shemaiah (1 Chr. 5:4; cf. v. 8, “Shema”).

4. A chief of the tribe of Gad who dwelled in Bashan (1 Chr. 5:12).

5. A Kohathite Levite; a son of Azariah, father of Elkanah, and ancestor of Samuel (1 Chr. 6:36[21]; cf. 1 Sam. 1:1). The name Shaul appears in the parallel genealogy at 1 Chr. 6:24(9).

6. A son of Izrahiah of the tribe of Issachar; an officer contemporary with David (1 Chr. 7:3). He may be the same as 5 above.

7. One of David’s Champions and the brother of Nathan (1 Chr. 11:38). At 2 Sam. 23:36 the text has Igal the son of Nathan.

8. A chief of the Gershomite Levites who assisted David in bringing the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:7, 11).

9. The son of Ladan (1 Chr. 23:8) who, with his brother Zetham, had charge of the temple treasuries (26:21-22; here the son of Jehieli). He may be the same as 8 above.

10. The son of Pedaiah; chief officer of the half-tribe of Manasseh at the time of David (1 Chr. 27:20).

11. A Kohathite Levite, the son of Azariah. He assisted in cleansing the temple at the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:12).

12. One of the seven sons of Nebo; a postexilic Israelite who was required to divorce his foreign wife (Ezra 10:43; 1 Esdr. 9:35).

13. The son of Zichri; overseer of the Benjaminites in postexilic Jerusalem (Neh. 11:9).

14. The prophet Joel, the son of Pethuel (Joel 1:1; LXX “Bethuel”). His utterances comprise the book of Joel.

15. The archangel Joel; also called Jaoel, Jahoel, or Jehoel (e.g., Apoc. Mos. 29:4; 43:5; Apoc. Abr. 10:3; 17:13).

Miles V. Van Pelt

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JOEL

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)