The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
Two sad things we find here, but not strange things: - 1. A good and useful man growing old and unfit for service (Sa1 8:1): Samuel was old, and could not judge Israel, as he had done. He is not reckoned to be past sixty years of age now, perhaps not so much; but he was a man betimes, was full of thoughts and cared...
Commenting on 1 Samuel 8:1-3
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel,.... In Ch1 6:28 he is called Vashni; See Gill on Ch1 6:28. This was not Joel the prophet, as some have thought, neither his parentage, nor his office, nor his times, will agree with this: and the name of his second Abiah: which two sons seem to be all he had: they were judges in Beersheba; in...
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beersheba. (b) Who was also called Vashni, .