| − | King '''Hoshea''' ([[Hebrew]], saved, salvation) or possibly '''A-ú-si-' ''' ([[Assyria]]n)<ref name=Britannica>"[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9041149/Hoshea Hoshea]." ''Encyclopædia Britannica.'' 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 4 June 2007</ref> (r. 730-721 BC according to [[James Ussher|Ussher]],<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 611, 615, 616, 629-634</ref> or r. 732-722 BC according to [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), pp. 281-282</ref>) was the nineteenth and last king of the [[Northern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]]. The history of the Northern Kingdom ends with Hoshea's presumed death in prison. | + | King '''Hoshea''' ([[Hebrew]], saved, salvation) or possibly '''A-ú-si-' ''' ([[Assyria]]n)<ref name=Britannica>"[https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9041149/Hoshea Hoshea]." ''Encyclopædia Britannica.'' 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 4 June 2007</ref> (r. 730-721 BC according to [[James Ussher|Ussher]],<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 611, 615, 616, 629-634</ref> or r. 732-722 BC according to [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), pp. 281-282</ref>) was the nineteenth and last king of the [[Northern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]]. The history of the Northern Kingdom ends with Hoshea's presumed death in prison. |