HOSEA—NOTE ON Hosea 11:12 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies... but Judah still walks with God (Hosea 11:12). Both Judah and the northern tribes (Ephraim) suffered lapses in fidelity to the Lord, but Judah, unlike Ephraim, had some good kings (in particular, Hezekiah). One of the highest points in Judah’s history was the victory over the Assyrians when Hezekiah was king (see 2 Kings 18:1, which was 20 years after the northern kingdom fell).

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