JOEL
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 ......
JOEL, BOOK OF
Joel was probably a resident in Judah, as his commission was to that people. He makes frequent mention of Judah and Jerusalem (1:14;2:1, 2: 15, 32;3:1, 3: 12, 17, 20, 21). He probably flourished in the reign of Uzziah (about B.C. 800), and was contemporary with Amos and Isaiah. The contents of this book are, (1.) A prophecy of a great public calamity then impending over the land, consisting of......
JOELAH
a Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag (1-Chr 12:7). ......