in the time of Nehemiah. JoelJoel is the name of several men in the Hebrew Bible: The firstborn son of the prophet Samuel. According to 1 Samuel chapter 8, Joel and his brother Abijah were appointed by Samuel to be judges in Beersheba, in the south of Israel, while he continued to judge in Ramah. However, Joel and Abijah "walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment", prompting the Israelites to demand that Samuel give them a king. Josephus says that "resigning his office to his sons, he divided the people between them, and placed them in Bethel and Beer-sheba", a statement which the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges suggests "is probably his own conjecture". An ancestor of Samuel (mentioned in ). A Simeonite prince (). A Reubenite; father of Shemaiah (). A Gadite chief (). A chief of Issachar (). One of David's mighty men, indicated as the brother of Nathan (). A Gershonite, a prince in the time of David (Chronicles ; ; ). Son of Pedaiah; a Manassite chief in the time of David (). A Kohathite in the time of Hezekiah (). One of those who married foreign wives (). Son of Zichri; a Benjamite overseer after the Exile (). Joelah Joelah, in 1 Chronicles 12:7, is listed as one of the Benjamite warriors who went to David at Ziklag. Joezer Joezer, according to 1 Chronicles 12:6, is the name of one of the Benjamite warriors who came to the aid of David when he went to Ziklag in Philistine territory due to the hostility of king Saul. JogliJogli was the father of Bukki, a prince of the Tribe of Dan. (Num. 34:22) JohananJohanan (Hebrew: יוחנן "God is merciful") was the name of 7 biblical figures in the Hebrew Bible: The son of Kareah was among the officers who survived the destruction of Jerusalem and exile of Judeans by the king of Babylon; he warned Gedaliah, the governor, of a plot to kill him, but was ignored. Jeremiah 40 7ff. The firstborn of King Josiah through Zebudah his wife. He is briefly mentioned in the Hebrew Bible only in the Book of 1 Chronicles. He could possibly be the same as Jehoahaz of Judah. One of the sons of Elioenai which were: Hodaiah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Dalaiah, and Anani in . In , Johanan was a