in Genesis 32:12; Judges 7:12; Isaiah 48:19; Jeremiah 33:22. Second Chronicles 13:3 reports that Israel had 800,000 fighting men in the tenth century. By the time of Hosea, the numbers were apparently lower. During the reign of Menahem in 738 B.C., there were 60,000 free land owners in Israel (2 Kgs 15:19–20).4 Sargon exiled 27,290 people from Samaria in 722/21 B.C.5 The promise of 1:10 reverses the declining population. The location (in the place) for this announcement is unclear. The end of the