The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, 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, .