Page "Hosea" Paragraph 2

Although it is not directly stated in the Book of Hosea, there can be little doubt that he exercised his ministry in the kingdom of the Ten Tribes.

Whereas his references to Judah are of a general kind, Ephraim or Samaria being sometimes mentioned in the same connection or more frequently alone, the situation implied throughout and the whole tone of the addresses agree with what we know of the Northern Kingdom at the time, and his references to places and events in that kingdom are so numerous and minute as to lead to the conclusion that he not only prophesied there, but that he was a native of that part of the country.

Gilead, e. g. a district little named in the prophets, is twice mentioned in Hosea ( Hosea 6: 8, 12: 11 ) and in such a manner as to suggest that he knew it by personal observation ; and Mizpah ( mentioned in Hosea 5: 1 ) is no doubt the Mizpah in Gilead