The oldest of Samuel’s two sons appointed by him as judges in Beersheba (1 Sam. 8:2).
- 1Sam.8: Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.
- 1Chr.6: And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
- 1Chr.6: And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
- 1Chr.15: So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;