Joel
Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the
son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons
of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of
Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and
Eden the son of Joah:...
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And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah;
Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them
chief men....
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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;...
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Joel (Hebrew: יואל) was a prophet of ancient Israel, the
second of the twelve minor prophets and the author of the Book
of Joel.
He is mentioned by name only once in the Hebrew Bible/Old
Testament, in the introduction to his own brief book, as the
son of Pethuel (Joel 1:1 ). The name Joel combines the
covenant name of God, YHWH (sometimes wri...
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jo'-el (yo'el, popularly interpreted as "Yahweh is God"; but
see HPN, 153; BDB, 222a):
(1) The firstborn of Samuel (1 Sam 8:2; 1 Ch 6:33 (Hebrew
18), and supplied in the Revised Version (British and
American) of 1 Ch 6:28, correctly).
(2) A Simeonite prince (1 Ch 4:35). (3) A Reubenite chief (1
Ch 5:4,8).
(4) A Gadite chief, perhaps the same as...
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-1. Son of Samuel
1Sa 8:2; 1Ch 6:33; 15:17
Called VASHNI
1Ch 6:28
-2. A Simeonite
1Ch 4:35
-3. A Reubenite
1Ch 5:4,8
-4. A Gadite
1Ch 5:12
-5. A Kohathite Levite
1Ch 6:36
-6. Descendant of Issachar
1Ch 7:3
-7. One of David's valiant men
1Ch 11:38
Called "IGAL, son of Nathan"
2Sa 23:36
-8. Name of two Gershonites
1Ch 15:7,11; 23:8...
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(to whom Jehovah is God).
1. Eldest son of Samuel the prophet, 1Sa 8:2; 1Ch
6:33; 15:17 and father of Heman the singer. (B.C. 1094.)
2. In 1Ch 6:36 Authorized Version, Joel seems to be
merely a corruption of Shaul in ver. 24.
3. A Simeonite chief. 1Ch 4:35
4. A descendant of Reuben. Junius and Tremellius
make him the son of Hanoeh, while oth...
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Jehovah is his God. (1.) The oldest of Samuel's two sons
appointed by him as judges in Beersheba (1 Sam. 8:2).
(See
VASHNI -(n/a).) (2.) A descendant of Reuben (1 Chr.
5:4,8). (3.)
One of David's famous warriors (1 Chr. 11:38). (4.) A
Levite of
the family of Gershom (1 Chr. 15:7, 11). (5.) 1 Chr.
7:3. (6.) 1
Chr. 27:20. (7.) The second of ...
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