Hoshea

of Israel Hoshea from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum " See also Hosea , who has the same name in Biblical Hebrew . Hoshea ( Hebrew : הושע , Modern : Hoshea , Tiberian : Hôšēăʻ , "salvation"; ) was the last king of the Israelite Kingdom of Israel and son of Elah . Albright dated reign to 732 – 721 BC, while E. Thiele offered the dates 732 – 723 BC. Assyrian records basically confirm the Biblical account of how he became king. According to 2 Kings , Hoshea conspired against and slew his predecessor, Pekah ( 2 Kings 15:30 ). Shalmaneser V then campaigned against Hoshea, and forced him to submit and render tribute ( 2 Kings 17:3 ). An undated inscription of Tiglath-Pileser III boasts of making Hoshea king after his predecessor had been overthrown: Israel (lit. : "Omri-land" Bit-Humria )…overthrew their king Pekah ( Pa-qa-ha ) and I placed Hoshea ( A-ú -si' ) as king over them. I received from them 10 talents of gold, 1,000(?) talents of silver as their [tri]bute and brought them to Assyria. The amount of tribute exacted from Hoshea is not stated in Scripture, but Menahem, about ten years previously (743 or 742 BC) was required to pay 1,000 talents of silver to Tiglath-Pileser in order to "strengthen his hold on the kingdom" ( 2 Kings 15:19 ), apparently against Menahem's rival Pekah . The Assyrian Eponym Canon shows that Shalmaneser campaigned "against" (somewhere, name missing) in the years 727, 726, and 725 BC, and it is presumed that the missing name was Samaria. The Babylonian Chronicle states that Shalmaneser ravaged the city of Sha-ma-ra-in (Samaria). Additional evidence that it was Shalmaneser, not Sargon II who initially captured Samaria, despite the latter's claim, late in his reign, that he was its conqueror, was presented by Tadmor, who showed that Sargon had no campaigns in the west in his first two years of reign (722 and 721 BC). Hoshea eventually withheld the tribute he promised Shalmaneser, expecting the support of "So, the king of Egypt". There is some mystery as to the identity of this king of Egypt : some scholars have argued that So refers to the Egyptian city Sais , and thereby refers to king Tefnakht of the 24th Dynasty ; however the principal city of Egypt at this time was Tanis , which suggests that there was an unnecessary correction of the text and Kenneth Kitchen is correct in identifying "So" with Osorkon IV of the 22nd Dynasty . The account in 2 Kings 17:4 states that Shalmaneser arrested Hoshea, then laid siege to Samaria ; some scholars explain that Shalmaneser must have summoned Hoshea to his court to explain the missing tribute, which resulted in the imprisonment of the king of Israel, and the Assyrian army sent into his land. Regardless of the sequence of events, the Assyrians captured Samaria after a siege of three years. However, Shalmaneser died shortly after the city fell, and the Assyrian army was recalled to secure the succession of Sargon II . The land of Israel, which had resisted the Assyrians for years without a king, again revolted. Sargon returned with the Assyrian army in 720 BC, and pacified the province, deporting the citizens of Israel beyond the Euphrates (some 27,290 according to the inscription of Sargon II), and settling people from Babylon , Cuthah , Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim in their place ( 2 Kings 17:6, 24). The author of the Books of Kings states this destruction occurred "because the children of Israel sinned against the Lord" ( 2 Kings 17:7–24 ), not because of a political miscalculation on Hoshea's part. What happened to Hoshea following the end of the kingdom of Israel, and when or where he died, is unknown. Some historians say that he was killed by the Assyrian army. Mitchell, "Israel and Judah until the Revolt of Jehu (931–841 BC)" in Cambridge Ancient History 3 , Part 1, ed.

of Israel Hoshea from " Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum " See also Hosea , who has the same name in Biblical Hebrew . Hoshea ( Hebrew : הושע , Modern : Hoshea , Tiberian : Hôšēăʻ , "salvation"; ) was the last king of the Israelite Kingdom of Israel and son of Elah (who may or may not be the Israelite king Elah ). Albright dated his reign to 732–721 BC, while E. Thiele offered the dates 732–723 BC.

Hoshea ( Hebrew : הושע , Modern : Hošēā‘ , Tiberian : Hôšēăʻ , "salvation"; ) was the nineteenth and last king of the Israelite Kingdom of Israel and son of Elah (not the Israelite king Elah ). Albright dated his reign to 732–721 BC, while E. Thiele offered the dates 732–723 BC.

King of the Israelite Kingdom of Israel and son of Elah Not to be confused with Hosea , who has the same name in Biblical Hebrew . Hoshea ( , Hōšēaʿ , "salvation"; A'úsiʾ [ a-ú-si-ʾ ]; ) was the nineteenth and last king of the Israelite Kingdom of Israel and son of Elah (not the Israelite king Elah ). Albright dated his reign to 732–721 BCE , while E. Thiele offered the dates 732–723 BCE.

King of the Israelite Kingdom of Israel and son of Elah Not to be confused with Hosea . Hoshea ( Hebrew : הוֹשֵׁעַ , Hōšēaʿ , "salvation"; Akkadian : 𒀀𒌑𒋛𒀪 A'úsiʾ [ a-ú-si-ʾ ]; Latin : Osee ) was the nineteenth and last king of the northern Kingdom of Israel (or a puppet king) and son of Elah (not the Israelite king Elah ). Albright dated his reign to 732–721 BCE , while E. Thiele offered the dates 732–723 BCE. Hoshea, a trusted advisor and companion to King Pekah of Israel, seized power during a time of great turmoil. As the Assyrian Empire invaded Israel's eastern territories, Pekah's grip on the throne began to slip. Sensing an opportunity, Hoshea conspired against his master. In the 20th year of Pekah's reign, Hoshea struck, assassinating the king during a battle against the Assyrians and the children of the east. The Assyrian king, Tiglath-Pileser III, took advantage of Israel's weakened state and installed Hoshea as the new king. However, Hoshea's reign was short-lived, and he soon found himself at the mercy of the Assyrians. Despite paying tribute to the Assyrian Empire, Hoshea eventually stopped making payments, hoping to assert his independence. The Assyrian king, Shalmaneser V, laid siege to Samaria, the capital of Israel, and after a three-year siege, the city fell in 722 BCE. The Assyrians then deported many of the Israelites to other parts of their empire, marking the end of the Kingdom of Israel. Hoshea's rebellion had ultimately led to the downfall of his kingdom.