The sons of Joel: Samaia his son, Gog his son, Semei his son,

Joel.

1 Samuel 8:2 Now the name of his firstborn son was Joel: and the name of the second was Abia, judges in Bersabee.

Shemaiah.

1 Chronicles 9:16 And Obdia the son of Semeia, the son of Galal, the son of Idithum: and Barachia the son of Asa, the son of Elcana, who dwelt in the suburbs of Netophati.

Gog.

(1) A Rubenite.

1 Chronicles 5:4 The sons of Joel: Samaia his son, Gog his son, Semei his son,

(2) Prince of the land of Magog.

Ezekiel 38:2,3,14,16,18 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Mosoch and Thubal: and prophesy of him, . . .

Ezekiel 39:1,11 And thou, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I come against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Mosoch and Thubal. . . .

-3 Also of the Rossi, Moschi, and Tibareni, who is to come with great forces from the extreme north,

Ezekiel 38:15 And thou shalt come out of thy place from the northern parts, thou and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company and a mighty army.

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Ezekiel 39:2 And I will turn thee round, and I will lead thee out, and will make thee go up from the northern parts: and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel.

; after the exile,

Ezekiel 38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: at the end of years thou shalt come to the land that is returned from the sword, and is gathered out of many nations, to the mountains of Israel which have been continually waste: but it hath been brought forth out of the nations, and they shall all of them dwell securely in it.

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Ezekiel 38:12 To take spoils, and lay hold on the prey, to lay thy hand upon them that had been wasted, and afterwards restored, and upon the people that is gathered together out of the nations, which hath begun to possess and to dwell in the midst of the earth.

, to invade the holy land, and to perish there. Gog and Magog,

Revelation 20:8 And they came upon the breadth of the earth and encompassed the camp of the saints and the beloved city.

, belong to a different time to those spoken of in Ezekiel.

Shimei.

2 Samuel 16:5 And king David came as far as Bahurim: and behold there came out from thence a man of the kindred of the house of Saul named Semei, the son of Gera, and coming out he cursed as he went on,