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Hoshea

The last king of the northern kingdom, in whose reign Samaria fell to Assyria.

Role: Last King of Israel
Lived: ? โ€“ c. 722 BC
Belonged to: Kings of Israel
Born: Samaria

What we know โ€” and how we know it

Bible โ€” stated in scripture (with verse) ยท 2 Archaeology โ€” physical evidence ยท 1
Life, role & deeds
BibleThe last king of Israel; an Assyrian vassal who rebelled by seeking help from 'So, king of Egypt', and was imprisoned.
2 Kings 17:3โ€“4
Death & legacy
Sargon II's Khorsabad annals and Nimrud Prism claiming the capture of Samaria and deportation of 27,290 Israelites (British Museum / Iraq Museum); the Babylonian Chronicle (ABC 1, i 27-31) credits the capture to Shalmaneser V; eds. A. Fuchs, Die Inschriften Sargons II. aus Khorsabad (1994); RINAP 2, G. Frame (2021); A.K. Grayson, Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles (1975). Daderot โ€” CC0 (via Wikimedia Commons) ArchaeologySamaria fell after a three-year siege (c. 722 BC); Shalmaneser V and Sargon II of Assyria both claim its capture and the deportation of Israel.
Sargon II's Khorsabad annals and Nimrud Prism claiming the capture of Samaria and deportation of 27,290 Israelites (British Museum / Iraq Museum); the Babylonian Chronicle (ABC 1, i 27-31) credits the capture to Shalmaneser V; eds. A. Fuchs, Die Inschriften Sargons II. aus Khorsabad (1994); RINAP 2, G. Frame (2021); A.K. Grayson, Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles (1975).
โ†ณ Samaria
BibleIts fall ended the northern kingdom โ€” the people were exiled and foreign settlers brought into Samaria.
2 Kings 17:6, 24
โ†ณ Samaria

Where in scripture

2 Kings

In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

2 Kings 17:6 โ€” Samaria taken into exile

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

2 Kings 17:6

Family

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Events

Places in their life

Samaria
Born ยท Samaria
Photo: Daniel Ventura โ€” CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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