Dict: easton - Hoshea

easton:

Hoshea @ salvation.

(1.) The original name of the son of Nun, afterwards called Joshua kjv@Numbers:13:8 kjv@Numbers:13:16 kjv@Deuteronomy:32:44).

(2.) kjv@1Chronicles:27:20. The ruler of Ephraim in David's time.

(3.) The last king of Israel. He conspired against and slew his predecessor, Pekah kjv@Isaiah:7:16), but did not ascend the throne till after an interregnum of warfare of eight years ( kjv@2Kings:17:1-2). Soon after this he submitted to Shalmaneser, the Assyrian king, who a second time invaded the land to punish Hoshea, because of his withholding tribute which he had promised to pay. A second revolt brought back the Assyrian king Sargon, who besieged Samaria, and carried the ten tribes away beyond the Euphrates, B.C. 720 ( kjv@2Kings:17:5-6 kjv@2Kings:18:9-12). No more is heard of Hoshea. He disappeared like "foam upon the water" kjv@Hosea:10:7 kjv@Hosea:13:11).