Hoshea

Early life history Hosea was the first of the twelve Minor Prophets. Hosea appeared around of the 8th century B.C. Hosea was prophet in the land of Israel who called Jews to repent from their sins and warned them about the judgment that comes from God. He prophesied to the people of Israel during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah were kings of Judahand when Jeroboam II was the King of Israel. (782-753 B.C.) The name of Hosea means salvation or God salvation. Hosea was the son of Beeri and apparently he came from a wealthy family. Hosea married Gomer, daughter of Diblaim. They had three children who were given symbolic names that communicated prophetic messages from God to the people of Israel. The first son was Jezreel, which means God scatters. By naming his child Jezreel, Hosea was saying to the people of Israel that the punishment for the nation was to come. The second child, a daughter, was name Lo-Ruhamah that means not love. It was a sign of God’s displeasure with the Israelites for following other Gods. The third son was called Lo-Ammi, which indicated the broken marriage covenant because the Israelites rejected God. Significant challenges God used Hosea’s own life to demonstrate His covenant love for Israel. God asked Hosea to marry a prostitute. God mentioned to Hosea that his wife would be unfaithful to him and she would conceive children from other men. Hosea obeyed God and married Gomer. What a big challenge Hosea face with God. Hosea did not…

King Shalmaneser of Assyria came up against King Hoshea of Israel. The result of this conflict is shown in that Hoshea became a vassal of King Shalmaneser and was responsible for paying him tribute. Unfortunately, King Hoshea was not honest in their exchanges, which did not go unnoticed by King Shalmaneser. Due to his treacherous actions, King Hoshea was “confined…and imprisoned” (2 Kings 17:4b). This imprisonment opened up the path for King Shalmaneser to invade Israel and to subsequently…

The instability of Israel can be contributed to the constant invasions by foreign kings and also the need to pay tribute to these foreign powers. The kings record states multiple Israeli kings paying tribute to foreign kings, like those in Assyria. It is recorded that Menahem paid tribute to Tiglath-Pileser III after he invaded Israel. This tribute was paid through yet another heavy tax of the kingdom, just as Solomon did to repay Hiram. Israel had to pay another tribute to Assyria when…

a burden. During Amos's lifetime Israel was a rich kingdom. However the wealth was very unevenly distributed. Amos was appalled by the oppression of the poor by the rich and he demanded social justice. (g) The prophet Micah lived in Judah Micah strongly criticized the rich for oppressing the poor (740-686 BC) (h) The prophet Hosea appealed to the people of Israel to stop worshiping idols and return to God (750-715 BC) …

other prophets to enlarge Micah’s message . The discrepancy comes from the dating of the manuscripts, which chapters four to the end of the book are dated to after deliverance from Babylonian, beginning in 538 BC . Micah's prophecy and ministry occurred between 735-686 BC and overlapped with the ministry of two other prophets, Isaiah and Hosea . These prophets wrote during the period of the divided kingdom, when God’s people were separated between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Micah is…

of Solomon, the Lord allows Solomon to build his temple as was promised to his father David. Solomon reigned for over 40 years and was succeeded by his son Rehoboam. The kingdom of Israel was put under a heavy yoke by Solomon and now seeks an easement to the harsh labor. Rehoboam rejects the counsel of the elders and accepts the counsel of the young men who had grown up with him. As the cause of the rejection, Israel to appoints Jeroboam as their king and resulted in a divided kingdom. The…