Nahum
God raised up certain "prophets" who were His mouthpieces.
They would speak out against their sin and idolatry and would
continually warn of God's judgment. Some of the prophets spoke
out in the North and some in the South, but God was faithfully
warning them of certain catastrophe if they would not turn to
him....
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The book of Nahum is a book in the Hebrew Bible. It stands
seventh in order among what are known as the twelve Minor
Prophets. Nahum prophesied, according to some, in the
beginning of the reign of Ahaz (740s BC). Others, however,
think that his prophecies are to be referred to the latter
half of the reign of Hezekiah (700s BC). Probably the bo...
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LITERATURE
I. Authorship and Date.
1. The Name:
The name Nahum (nachum; Septuagint and New Testament Naoum;
Josephus, Naoumos) occurs nowhere else in the Old Testament;
in the New Testament it is found in Lk 3:25. It is not
uncommon in the Mishna, and it has been discovered in
Phoenician inscriptions. It means "consolation," or
"consoler," and...
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na'-hum (Naoum; the King James Version Naum): An ancestor of
Jesus in Luke's genealogy, the 9th before Joseph, the husband
of Mary (Lk 3:25)....
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(consolation). Nahum, called "the Elkoshite," is the seventh
in order of the minor prophets. His personal history is
quite unknown. The site of Elkosh, his native place, is
disputed, some placing it in Galilee, others in Assyria.
Those who maintain the latter view assume that the prophet's
parents were carried into captivity by Tiglath-pileser...
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Nahum prophesied, according to some, in the beginning of the
reign of Ahaz (B.C. 743). Others, however, think
that his
prophecies are to be referred to the latter half of
the reign of
Hezekiah (about B.C. 709). This is the more probable
opinion,
internal evidences leading to that conclusion.
Probably the book
was written in Jerusalem (soon...
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consolation, the seventh of the so-called minor prophets, an
Elkoshite. All we know of him is recorded in the book
of his
prophecies. He was probably a native of Galilee, and
after the
deportation of the ten tribes took up his residence in
Jerusalem. Others think that Elkosh was the name of a
place on
the east bank of the Tigris, and that N...
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"consolation" and "vengeance", to Israel and Israel's foe
respectively. The two themes alternate in Nahum 1; as the
prophecy advances, vengeance on Assyria predominates.
Country. "The Elkoshite" (Nahum 1:1), from Elkosh or
Elkesi a village of Galilee pointed out to Jerome (Preface
in Nahum). Capernaum, "village of Nahum," seemingly takes
its ...
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