Stanley Arthur Cook, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 13… (1911)
“ HOSHEA (Heb. for “deliverance”) , the last king of Israel, in the Bible. The attempt of his predecessor Pekah to take Jerusalem with the help of his ally Rasun (Rezin) of Damascus was frustrated by the intervention of Tiglath-Pileser IV. (see Ahaz) , who attacked Gilead, Galilee and the north frontier, and carried off some of its population (cp. 1 Chron. v. 26) . Pekah’s resistance to Assyria led to a conspiracy in which he lost his life, and Hoshea the son of Elah became king (2 Kings xv. 27-30) . ”
