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Samaria District
| Name | HOSHEA |
| Aliases | SON OF ELAH / LAST KING OF ISRAEL / IN WHOSE DAYS SAMARIA FELL |
| Status | DECEASED / IMPRISONED BY ASSYRIA / THE NORTHERN KINGDOM CARRIED AWAY |
| Birth | UNRECORDED | Marks & Identifiers | THE LAST TO SIT ON ISRAEL'S THRONE |
| Place of Birth | SAMARIA | Hair | UNRECORDED |
| Tribe | NORTHERN KINGDOM OF ISRAEL | Eyes | UNRECORDED |
| Parentage | SON OF ELAH | People | THE NORTHERN KINGDOM |
| Occupation | KING OF ISRAEL (THE LAST) | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | THE NORTHERN KINGDOM OF ISRAEL | Calling | THE KING UNDER WHOM THE NORTH WAS EXILED |
| Primary Mission | HOLD THE THRONE OF SAMARIA | Known Signs | THE REVOLT AGAINST ASSYRIA / THE FALL OF SAMARIA |
| Covenant Role | LAST KING BEFORE THE NORTHERN EXILE | Divine Access | INDIRECT / THE EXILE CAME FOR ISRAEL'S PERSISTENT SIN |
| Divine Encounter Level | INDIRECT | Monarchic Classification | THE LAST KING OF ISRAEL |
| Covenant Status | COVENANT LONG BROKEN | Known Miracles | NONE RECORDED |
| Divine Commission | CONDEMNED | Threat Assessment | ASSYRIA / ISRAEL'S CENTURIES OF IDOLATRY |
| Mission Status | JUDGED / SAMARIA FELL AND ISRAEL EXILED | Archive Category | KINGS / THE FALL OF THE NORTH |
What he did that provoked the siege: WITHHELD TRIBUTE AND SOUGHT EGYPT'S HELP
Why the whole kingdom fell: THEY HAD SINNED AGAINST THE LORD THEIR GOD
The subject was the last king of the northern kingdom of Israel, having come to the throne by conspiracy against his predecessor. He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, though not as the kings before him.
He became a vassal of Shalmaneser king of Assyria and paid tribute, but then conspired against him, sending envoys to the king of Egypt and withholding the tribute.
For this the king of Assyria seized him and shut him in prison, then came up against the whole land and besieged Samaria for three years.
In the ninth year of the subject, Samaria fell, and the king of Assyria carried Israel away into exile, settling them among the cities of the Medes and Persia.
The record explains that this happened because the people had sinned against the LORD who brought them out of Egypt, feared other gods, and would not listen to the prophets He sent, until the LORD removed them from His sight.
EYES ONLYRestricted // Sacred Record
- A nation that will not heed God's prophets stores up its own downfall.
- Divided loyalties and worldly alliances cannot save what sin has doomed.
- God is patient across centuries, but His warnings are not empty.
