HosheaArticle Free Pass Hoshea, also spelled Hosea, or Osee,
Assyrian Ausi, in the Old Testament (2 Kings 15:30; 17:1–6), son
of Elah and last king of Israel (c. 732–724 bc). He became king
through a conspiracy in which his predecessor, Pekah, was
killed. The Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III claimed that he
made Hoshea king, and Hoshea paid an annual tribute to him.
After Tiglath-pileser died (727), Hoshea revolted against the
new Assyrian king, Shalmaneser, who then invaded Israel, took
Hoshea prisoner, and besieged Samaria. When the city fell three
years later, many of Israel’s citizens were deported to Assyria,
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