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JOEL.—1. The prophet (see next article). Regarding his personal history we know nothing. 2. A son of Samuel (1Sa_8:2, 1Ch_6:28 [RV [Note: Revised Version.] ] 6:33). 3. An ancestor of Samuel (1Ch_6:36, called in v. 24 Shaul). 4. A Simeonite prince (1Ch_4:35). 5. A Reubenite (1Ch_5:4; 1Ch_5:8). 6. A Gadite chief (1Ch_5:12). 7. A chief man of Issachar (1Ch_7:3). 8. One of David’s heroes (1Ch_11:38). 9, 10, 11. Levites (1Ch_15:7; 1Ch_15:11; 1Ch_15:17; 1Ch_23:8; 1Ch_26:22, 2Ch_29:12). 12. A Manassite chief (1Ch_27:20). 13. One of those who married a foreign wife (Ezr_10:43 [1Es_9:35 Juel]). 14. A Benjamite overseer after the Exile (Neh_11:9).