First name Hoshea in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Hoshea is the name of the son of Elah who killed King Pekah and became King of Israel in his place (2KI 15:30), as well as name of chief officer for the Ephraimites, son of Azaziah (1CH 27:20) and named on the sealed document of NEH 9:5-38 (NEH 10:23). Meaning of the name: salvation. Related names are: Israel, Elah, Samaria . The translations of Hoshea in 41 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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Wear it!And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. (DEU 32:44)
And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. (2KI 15:30)
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. (2KI 17:1)
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents. (2KI 17:3)
And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. (2KI 17:4)
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. (2KI 17:6)
Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. (2KI 18:1)
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. (2KI 18:9)
And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. (2KI 18:10)
Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: (1CH 27:20)
Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, (NEH 10:23)