Minor prophets
The book of Nahum
A prophecy of Nineveh’s fall, which comforts Judah with the news that God judges cruelty.
Nahum looks back to the fall of Thebes (No-amon, 663 BC; Nahum 3:8) and forward to the fall of Nineveh, which came in 612 BC. It was written between them.
Kinds of writing
- Prophecy 100%
Key verses
Yahweh is good, a stronghold in trouble. Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.
Nahum 1:7 (World English Bible)
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On the timeline
Nahum foretells Nineveh's fall
Dating notes
This timeline’s date for the message is 660 BC. The span is an estimate; Scripture doesn’t say when the book was written.