are woven upon images, metaphor strung upon metaphor. Like a bee he flies from one flower-bed
to another, that he may suck his honey from the most varied pieces....Often he is prone to approach
to allegory; often he sinks down in obscurity.”
Hoshaiah
(whom Jehovah aids).
•A man who assisted in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem after it had been rebuilt by Nehemiah.
(Nehemiah 12:32) (B.C. 446.).
•The father of a certain Jezaniah or Azariah, who was a man of note after, the destruction of
Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezsar. (Jeremiah 42:1; 43:2) (B.C. after 588.)
Hosham
(haste), one of the early kings of Edom. Genesis36:34,36; 1Chr 1:45,46
Hoshama
(whom Jehovah hears), one of the sons of Jeconiah or Jehoiachin, the last king but one of Judah.
(1 Chronicles 3:18)
Hoshea
(salvation).
•The nineteenth, last and best king of Israel. He succeeded Pekah, whom he slew in a successful
conspiracy, thereby fulfilling a prophecy of Isaiah. (Isaiah 7:16) In the third year of his reign (B.C.
726) Shalmaneser cruelly stormed the strong caves of Beth-arbel, (Hosea 8:14) and made cruel
tributary, (2 Kings 17:3) for three years. At the end of this period Hoshea entered into a secret
alliance with So, king, of Egypt, to throw off the Assyrian yoke. The alliance did him no good; it
was revealed, to the court of Nineveh by the Assyrian party in Ephraim, and Hoshea was
immediately seized as a rebellious vasal, shut up in prison, and apparently treated with the utmost
indignity. (Micah 5:1) Of the subsequent fortunes of Hoshea nothing is known.
•The son of Nun, i.e. Joshua, (32:44) and also in Numb 13:8 Though to there the Authorized Version
has Oshea.
•Shon of Azaziah, (1 Chronicles 27:20) like his great namesake, a man of Ephraim, ruler of his
tribe in the time of King David. (B.C. 1019.)
•One of the heads of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:23) (B.C.
410.)
Hospitality
Hospitality was regarded by most nations of the ancient world as one of the chief virtues. The
Jewish laws respecting strangers (Leviticus 19:33,34) and the poor, (Leviticus 23:14) seq.
Deuteronomy 15:7 And concerning redemption (Leviticus 25:23) seq., etc. are framed in accordance
with the spirit of hospitality. In the law compassion to strangers is constantly enforced by the words
“for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.” (Leviticus 19:34) And before the law, Abraham’s
entertainment of the angels, (Genesis 18:1) seq., and Lot’s, (Genesis 19:1) are in exact agreement
with its precepts, and with modern usage. Comp. (Exodus 2:20; Judges 13:15; 19:17,20,21) In the
New Testament hospitality is yet more markedly enjoined; and in the more civilized state of society
which then prevailed, its exercise became more a social virtue than a necessity of patriarchal life.
The good Samaritan stands for all ages as an example of Christian hospitality. The neglect of Christ
is symbolized by inhospitality to our neighbors. (Matthew 25:43) The apostles urged the Church
to “follow after hospitality,” (Romans 12:13) cf. 1Tim 5:10 To remember Abraham’s example,
(Hebrews 13:2) to “use hospitality one to another without grudging,” (1 Peter 4:9) while a bishop
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