Hoshea H1954
1. Called also Oshea, the original name of Joshua
Numbers 13:8; Numbers 13:16; Deuteronomy 32:44
2. A chief of Ephraim
1 Chronicles 27:20
3. King of Israel:
- Assassinates Pekah and usurps the throne
2 Kings 15:30
- Evil reign of
2 Kings 17:2
- Becomes subject to Assyria
2 Kings 17:3
- Conspires against Assyria and is imprisoned
2 Kings 17:4
- Last king of Israel
2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:12; Hosea 10:3; Hosea 10:7
4. A Jewish exile
Nehemiah 10:23