**Hoshea** son of Be'eri from the tribe of Reuven [(Yuchsin in Seder HaDorot)] received the 12th, he prophesied in the days of Uziyahu, Yotam, Achaz, Chizkiyahu, and Yarov'am son of Yoash, and his prophecy preceded Yeshayahu [(the Rambam writes that he received from Zechariah and Adah)]. Adah Amotz was the father of Yeshayahu, and Tzidkiyahu was the High Priest. And according to Abarbanel, they received from Elisha.

He received 6 prophets, and thus concludes in year 90, which was 10 years before the death of Elisha, according to Yuchsin in Seder HaDorot [(Tzeda). This is an error, for in Yuchsin it says: Hoshea received from Zechariah in year 90, which preceded the death of Yoash the king in year 101 by 11 years, and Zechariah before him by one year, thus far. So it's 10 years before his death, meaning the death of Zechariah, for Hoshea received in year 90 and Zechariah died in year 100, and so on].

**The Sha'ar HaDorot writes** 19: I received from the elders of the generation in Saloniki a tradition that Hoshea the prophet died in Bavel and commanded before his death that he be buried in the Land of Israel, and since the way was long and dangerous, he commanded that they place him in the ark immediately after his death and tie the ark to a camel and let it go wherever it goes, and wherever the camel rests, there shall be his burial. They did so, and the camel went without any harm or obstacle until the upper Galilee, namely Tzefat, at the place called Beit Chaim (Cemetery) of Yisrael, and according to the letter that was in the ark, the Jews recognized him and buried him there with honor [thus far.

And in Tzefat at the cemetery there is a cave where Hoshea and his father Be'eri are buried (Gedolei Yisrael). Hoshea was a spark of Reuven, son of the Ar"i, the letters of Reuven, and it is written "And Reuven dwelt at the well," meaning the Holy One, Blessed be He, opened for him the opening of repentance, etc. (Bereishit). The woman of harlotry, Hoshea's wife, Gomer bat Divlayim, was the wife of Yarov'am, and regarding her Amos prophesied: "Your wife shall be a harlot in the city," but she did not cause her husband to sin like Izevel.

And it appears from the verses that she went to seek healing from Achiyah the Shilonite for her son's illness, and the Holy One, Blessed be He, said: If I should tell the prophet to prophesy about the woman of harlotry, she was originally Yarov'am's wife and now she has repented. And she was a spark of Tamar and Rachav, and regarding Tamar it is written "And she conceived by harlotry," and the Sages said Gomer bat Divlayim means that everyone "finished" (gomrim) with her, because she was as beautiful as a fig.

Similarly with Tamar, who had charm and beauty from within and bitterness from without, and Rachav was also a harlot, therefore she is called a woman of harlotry from the two "harlotries" (Bereishit)].