Prophet Nahum

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The subject of this report is to show the significance of the prophet Nahum. He
was an active prophet in Southern Israel during the 7th century B.C. During this time he
preached against the Assyrians. The Assyrians disliked Nahum because he preached
about the destruction of Nineveh, which is the capitol of Assyria. He preached this
message to show that God did not like depression of his two nations, that the Assyrians
had oppressed. Similar leaders who preach the same message, like Nelson Mandela, are
found today. These civil rights leaders believe, like Nahum and God, that everyone
should be given freedom and no one oppressed.
The name “Nahum” which means comfort or consolation is significant since that
is what he will bring to Judah through his message about the destruction of Nineveh, and
who is related to Jonah who prophesied 150 years earlier against Nineveh, and who is
also the seventh of the so- called minor prophets, prophesies the death of the Assyrian
Empire and the destruction of Nineveh its capitol. Although it is impossible to determine
a specific date for Nahum’s ministry, but we can assume that it was written before 612
B.C. because that is when Nineveh was destroyed and since Nahum is predicting, the
destruction of Nineveh would be a okay assumption. We can also assume that it was
written after 663 B.C. because Nahum compares the destruction of Nineveh with the
destruction of Thebes in Egypt which was destroyed in 663 B.C. So with these facts, we
know that Nahum probably wrote between the years 663 and 612 B.C. The only place
we know about where Nahum is found in Nahum 1:1 which says he was from Elkosh.
But there is no facts about where that was at because it is not mentioned elsewhere in the
Bible. It is also impossible that Elkosh was located somewhere in Judah because it was
never mentioned anywhere else in the Bible besides in Nahum 1:1. Nahum preached
against the Assyrian...