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Joel son of Samuel
Samuel's firstborn, appointed judge at Beersheba, who took bribes and perverted justice.
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Joel son of Samuel — Samuel's firstborn, appointed judge at Beersheba, who took bribes and perverted justice.
Parents
Children
Brothers and sisters
- Abijah son of Samuel brother through their parent Samuel
Ancestors
- Elkanah grandparent
- Hannah grandparent
- Kohath grandparent, generations not all listed Disputed
- Jeroham 1× great-grandparent
- Levi 1× great-grandparent
- Leah 2× great-grandparent
- Jacob 2× great-grandparent
- Laban 3× great-grandparent
- Isaac 3× great-grandparent
- Rebekah 3× great-grandparent
- Bethuel 4× great-grandparent
- Abraham 4× great-grandparent
- Sarah 4× great-grandparent
Office and succession (not family)
- Samuel preceded in office — Leader of Israel in the time of the judges 1 Samuel 8:1–3
Samuel made his sons judges in Beersheba; the people then asked for a king.
Every relationship here comes from a cited passage. Solid lines are stated parent links; dashed lines mean generations are not all listed; dotted lines mark legal or adoptive parents; a question mark marks a disputed or interpretive link. Political succession and office are never drawn as family.