Questions tagged [book-of-joel]
Yoel was actually the son of Shmuel Hanavi. ‘Son of Petuel,’ this is merely a form of acronym for the fact that his prayer was effective (pittah Kel be’tfillaso). Yoel prophesied during the days of Yehoram ben Achav King of Israel regarding the great plague of Locusts ensuing famine (Bamidbar Rabbah 10:5 Rashi)