UNDERSTANDING HOSEA | BIBLE TIMELINE

0. Introduction

a) Timeline. This puts the Bible book into its historical setting. It lists the key events of each book and the date when they occurred.

b) The Book of Hosea.

1. Date: 793 B.C. 

a) Jeroboam II becomes king of Israel. 

2. Date: 760

a) Amps becomes a prophet.

3. Date: 753

a) Hosea becomes a prophet; King Zechariah of Israel is killed. 

4. Date: 752

a) King Shallum of Israel is killed. 

5. Date: 743

a) Tiglath-Pileser III invades Israel.

6. Date: 742

a) Micah becomes a prophet to Judah. 

7. Date: 740

a) Isaiah becomes a prophet to Judah. 

8. Date: 722

a) Israel (northern kingdom) falls. 

9. Date: 715 

a) Hosea's ministry ends.  

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