Nahum

Nahum

Nahum – His name means compassionate or full of comfort.

-  Was a prophet of God in Judah speaking to Nineveh.  

-  This is the companion book or sequel to Jonah.  This book Is set 100 years after

   Jonah had preached to the Assyrians.

-  The people of Nineveh had repented 100 years before under Jonah’s preaching.

   They had returned to their idolatry, cruelty and oppression and this time they would

   Be destroyed.

-  This book was written just before the destruction of Nineveh by Neboplassar the father

   Of Nebuchadnezzer.