1 Sam. viii, 1, 2, &c.I. JOEL, the Prophet Samuel’s eldest son. Samuel being grown old1, made his two sons Joel and Abiah Judges over Israel. They exercised their jurisdiction in the city of Beersheba at the southern extremity of Palestine. But they did not imitate the example of their Father; they received presents, and were unjust in their judgments; which obliged the elders of Israel to desire a king of Samuel.
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In the year of the world 2908, before J.C. 1092, before the Vulgar Æra 1096. ↩