Joel
the name means Jehovah (is his) God Strong's Lexicon
Joel, the son of Zichri, was a Benjaminite leader in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
The oldest of Samuel's two sons appointed by him as judges in Beersheba (1 Sam. 8:2). (See VASHNI.)
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
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Zichri
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at Nehemiah 11:9.
Verses that name Joel
- Nehemiah 11:9 Joel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the Second District of the city.