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The name [[Hosea]] means "salvation." [[Hosea]] preached in the Northern Kingdom (Israel), during a period of national decline. When [[Hosea]] began his ministry, [[Jeroboam II]] was king and it was a time of great prosperity. But the nation began to decline rapidly within, after getting involved with foreign alliances, and trusting them to lead and protect them, rather than trusting [[God]]. [[Hosea]] lived to see Israel, also called Ephraim in this book, taken captive by the Assyrians in 721 b.c. For historical background concerning the Book of [[Hosea]], read II Kings 15--17.
