The best-known person of this name in the OT is the last king of Israel, who was defeated by the Assyrians in 724 BCE after appealing in vain for help from Egypt (2 Kgs. 17: 4).
Citation for Hoshea
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MLA
"Hoshea." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 25, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e905>.
Chicago
"Hoshea." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e905 (accessed May 25, 2013).