Nahum in Biblical History

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Who is Nahum?
NA'HUM
(consolation), one of the twelve minor prophets, of whose private life we know only what is contained in Nah 1:1, where he is called an Elkoshite. Some refer this name to a place in Galilee, others to a village on the Tigris. The intimate acquaintance the book shows with Assyrian affairs makes it probable that Nahum lived an exile in Assyria, and perhaps at the village on the Tigris. Nahum prophesied before the destruction of Nineveh, which he predicts, and probably in the reign of Hezekiah. Prophecy of. It is a poem of great sublimity, and admirable for the elegance of its imagery. In Nahum 1 the prophet depicts the majesty and supremacy of God, who will surely visit wickedness with retribution, but at the same time is good to such as trust in him. Nahum 1:7. Nahum 2-3 describe with much beauty and poetic force the siege and destruction of Nineveh as a punishment for her wickedness, Nahum 3:19. The battle, the confusion of the chariots in the streets, the opening of the gates, the destruction of the palace, the flight and captivity of the citizens, and the subsequent desolation of the magnificent city, are brought before us as in a vivid panoramic vision.

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