1. Called Also Oshea

   The original name of Joshua, Numbers 13:8, 16, Deuteronomy 32:44

2. A Chief of Ephraim 1 Chronicles 27:20

3. King of Israel

   Assassinates Pekah and usurps the throne, 2 Kings 15:30

   Evil reign of, 2 Kings 17:1, 2

   Becomes subject to Assyria, 2 Kings 17:3

   Conspires against Assyria and is imprisoned, 2 Kings 17:4

   Last king of Israel, 2 Kings 17:6, 18:9-12, Hosea 10:3, 7

4. A Jewish Exile Nehemiah 10:23