3
Chapters
47
Verses
Nahum
Author
663-612 BC
Date Written
Nahum announces the destruction of Nineveh, showing that God will judge those who oppose His people.
To comfort Judah by proclaiming that God will judge their Assyrian oppressors.
Written between Thebes' fall (663 BC) and Nineveh's destruction (612 BC).
Hebrew
נקם
Naqum
“Comforter”
Greek
Ναούμ Ζʹ
VII. Naoum
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Divine character
Attack described
Reasons for judgment
“The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble.”
“The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power.”
“Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings.”
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