Bible Person
Meaning: he that wills or commands · Male · 2 cross references
This Joel entry refers to Joel the prophet, son of Pethuel and one of the twelve minor prophets, not to the Levites of the same name. He belongs to the prophetic tradition that interprets disaster, repentance, and future outpouring of the Spirit. First appears in Joel 1:1.1
AI summary: Joel matters because the cross references present his short book as both a call to urgent repentance in the face of devastation and a far-reaching promise of divine restoration and Spirit outpouring. His words echo forward into the New Testament when Peter interprets Pentecost through them. Taken together, the material presents Joel as a prophet whose message joins judgment, hope, and eschatological promise in a way that shapes both Testaments.1
Central Figure
Joel
Meaning: he that wills or commands
The second of the twelve minor prophets.
The second of the twelve minor prophets. He was the son of Pethuel. His personal history is only known from his book. 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.