Hosea:

Outline of the Minor Prophets:

• There are 12 minor prophets.
• The first 9 books are pre-exile.
• The last 3 books are post-exile.
• The Jews considered the minor prophets to be 1 book.
• The minor prophets are:
• Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habbakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zacheriah, Malachi.
  
• Hosea was the last prophet to the north.
• Hosea's Greek name is Osee - Romans 9:25
• The word "backsliding is found only in Jeremiah, Hosea, and Proverbs.
• Gomer is Hosea's wife and represents Israel.
• Hosea called the northern kingdom by three names Israel, Samaria, and Ephraim.
• Of the last 6 kings on the throne in the Northern Kingdom only 1 died of natural causes.