Person
Beeri
father of Hosea
Father of the prophet Hosea, named only in the superscription of the book of Hosea.
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Who or what is this?
Beeri is mentioned only in the opening verse of the book of (Hosea 1:1), which identifies the prophet as "Hosea the son of Beeri." The prophetic superscription dates Hosea's ministry to the reigns of , Jotham, , and in and to son of Joash in Israel. Beyond his role as the named father of the prophet, no further biographical or genealogical information about Beeri is given in the biblical text.
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