Category:Hoshea

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Hoshea - Salvation. (1.) The original name of the son of Nun, afterwards called Joshua (Numbers 13:8, Numbers 13:16; Deuteronomy 32:44). (2.) 1 Chronicles 27:20. The ruler of Ephraim in David's time. (3.) The last king of Israel. He conspired against and slew his predecessor, Pekah (Isaiah 7:16), but did not ascend the throne till after an interregnum of warfare of eight years (2 Kings 17:1, 2 Kings 17:2). Soon after this he submitted to Shalmaneser, the Assyrian king, who a second time invaded the land to punish Hoshea, because of his withholding tribute which he had promised to pay. A second revolt brought back the Assyrian king Sargon, who besieged Samaria, and carried the ten tribes away beyond the Euphrates, 720 B.C. (2 Kings 17:5, 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:9). No more is heard of Hoshea. He disappeared like "foam upon the water" (Hosea 10:7; Hosea 13:11).