Nahum : Christian Community Bible

Introduction to Nahum

Nahum prophesied when the Assyrian power was collapsing, at the death of Ashurbanipal, the last king in 626 B.C. In 612 the Medes and Babylonian allies attacked and destroyed Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrians. Even before that, however, the Assyrians were losing their control over the people whom they had enslaved and who thoroughly hated them. The Jews were among them. Nahum’s poems show the heart of a patriot who believes that the Lord governs the history of the nations.

NOTE: excerpted from the introductory material for this book.