Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judging in Beersheba.

Joel, Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.

Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.

The sons of Samuel: Joel the firstborn and Abijah the second.

These men and their sons served from the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel [the great prophet and judge],

the son of Elkanah [I], the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah; all five of them were chief men.

Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,

of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, with 130 of his relatives;

Then David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites—Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab,

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel, and from his relatives, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari their relatives, Ethan the son of Kushaiah,

The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the first and Zetham and Joel—three in all.

The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel, were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the Lord.

of the Ephraimites, Hoshea the son of Azaziah; of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah;

Then the Levites arose: Mahath the son of Amasai and Joel the son of Azariah, from the sons of the Kohathites; from the sons of Merari: Kish the son of Abdi, Azariah the son of Jehallelel; from the Gershonites: Joah the son of Zimmah and Eden the son of Joah;

Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.

Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second in command of the city.

The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.

Clothe yourselves with sackcloth
And lament (cry out in grief), O priests;
Wail, O ministers of the altar!
Come, spend the night in sackcloth [and pray without ceasing],
O ministers of my God,
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.

but this is [the beginning of] what was spoken of through the prophet Joel: