**Yoel** son of Pethuel. They said that Yoel was the son of Shmuel the prophet [(Midrash on Parshat Nasa)] He received from Michah in year 3190 [(Yuchsin in Seder HaDorot)]. Some say he was in the days of Yehoram son of Achav, and some say in the days of Menasheh. From Adah he received Nachum, Chavakuk, and Seraiah.

He was the 12th receiver of the prophets and the 25th of the concluding ones [according to Abarbanel (Tzeda). Yoel and Aviyah — Yoel is the son of Pethuel and Aviyah is Pethuel, and it hints to the language of Aviyah, for Pethuel was Yoel's father, and all this is hinted in Yalkut Shmuel and the sons of Shmuel the firstborn Yoel and Aviyah. And Rabanan say: Just as this one was wicked, so this one was wicked in the previous reincarnation.

Rabbi Yochanan says: When he changed for the better, he merited the holy spirit, as it is written "The word of HaShem that came to Yoel son of Pethuel," and the Tannaim say: Just as his name and his father's name are mentioned, it is known that he is a prophet son of a prophet (Bereishit)].