People
Hosea in Hosea 1
ho-ZAY-uh
This person shows up in Hosea 1:1: “Yahweh’s word that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Hosea 1:1
“Yahweh’s word that came to 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.”
What kids can learn
When you hear hosea in Hosea, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Hosea 1:1 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Hosea 1:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Yahweh’swordcametoHoseathesonofBeeri,inthedaysofUzziah,Jotham,Ahaz,andHezekiah,kingsofJudah,andintheofJeroboamthesonofJoash,ofIsrael.