Person Old Testament
Joel
Joel is mentioned in the genealogy of the tribe of Reuben as a descendant of Shemaiah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 5:4.
Why it matters. A descendant of Reuben
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Joel
Joel is mentioned in 1Ch.5.4 as a descendant of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel (or 'Jacob'). He is listed in the genealogical record of the tribe of Reuben as the son of Shemaiah and the father of Gog. This genealogy traces the lineage of the Reubenites, who settled east of the Jordan River.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Children
- Shemaiah
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)