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The TanakhNevi'imThe Twelve

Hoseaהושע

Hosea is one part of The Twelve, which the traditional count reckons as a single book. These are Hosea’s own chapter numbers.

Chapters
14
Verses
197
Words
2,381
Letters
9,385

Hosea 1:1, the first of 197 verses

דְּבַר־יְקוָ֣ק אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֗ה אֶל־הוֹשֵׁ֨עַ֙ בֶּן־בְּאֵרִ֔י בִּימֵ֨י עֻזִּיָּ֥ה יוֹתָ֛ם אָחָ֥ז יְחִזְקִיָּ֖ה מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה וּבִימֵ֛י יָרָבְעָ֥ם בֶּן־יוֹאָ֖שׁ מֶ֥לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.