Hosea prophesies

• Hosea

• Start — Hosea 1:1. The estimated year Hosea's time as prophet begins is the year Jeroboam's reign began = 3180
• End — Hosea 1:1. The estimated year Hosea's time as prophet ends is 2 years after Hezekiah's reign began = 3235

START:*HYPOTHESIS: The year Hoshea began to prophecy was at the beginning of Jeroboam's reign. [Shulman date p83] [Ussher date p74] END:*HYPOTHESIS: The year Hoshea's time of prophecy ended to prophecy shortly after Hezekiah began to reign and before the Assyrian captivity. [Shulman date p83]

Years are anno hominis — counted from Creation as year 1 — which is the frame the source computes in. The arithmetic behind each boundary is given above rather than assumed.