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 6:33; 1 Chronicles 15:17 . Apparently Joel is called VASHNIin 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 5:4,8 .
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 15:7,11 .
9. Son of Jehieli, and descendant of Laadan, a Gershonite. 1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 26:22 .
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 .