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Nahum

Nahum
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The book names no king and no year. How the dates are worked out

Name meaning

"comfort" · Hebrew

About

Prophet called the Elkoshite, in a book that names no king and gives no date. It is his vision about Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. Nahum began with the Lord, slow to anger and mighty, who will not let the guilty go free and is a refuge when trouble comes. He told Judah to keep its feasts, because the wicked would pass through it no more. The book pictures Nineveh besieged and plundered, and asks whether it is better than No, or No-amon, a city ringed by water that went into captivity. It ends with the king of Assyria told that his wound has no healing.

Key Scripture AppearancesKJV
Nahum 1:1
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.Nahum 1:1, KJV
Nahum 1:3
The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.Nahum 1:3, KJV
Nahum 1:7
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.Nahum 1:7, KJV
Nahum 1:15
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.Nahum 1:15, KJV
Nahum 3:19
There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?Nahum 3:19, KJV

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