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Hoshea
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Hoshea (hōshē`ə).

1 See Joshua Joshua , in the Bible.

1 Central figure of the book of Joshua.

2 High priest associated with Zerubbabel in rebuilding the Temple.

3 Owner of the field where the Ark of the Covenant stood.
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2 Died after 722 B.C., last king of Israel (c.730–722 B.C.). He succeeded Pekah, whom he murdered. He was a tributary of Assyria but made the fatal mistake of aligning himself with Egypt against his Assyrian overlord, who overran (c.728 B.C.) Israel and, after a long siege, took (722 B.C.) Samaria. This was the end of the northern kingdom. 2 Kings 15.30; 17.

3 Hebrew name for the prophet Hosea Hosea , prophetic book of the Bible. It relates something of the career of the prophet Hosea who preached against the sins of the northern kingdom of Israel in the third quarter of the 8th cent. B.C.
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