Nahum prophet biography for kids

The Book of Nahum is a book in the Bible's Old Testament and JewishTanakh.

We don't know much about who Nahum was. His name means "comforter", and he was from the town of Elkosh or Alqosh (Nahum 1:1), which may have been a town of northern Galilee.

He was a Hebrew and may have written from Jerusalem a short time before the downfall of Assyria

Nahum wrote about the final destruction of Nineveh, the capital of the great Assyrian empire. Ashurbanipal the king was at the height of his glory.

Nineveh was a large city, and was then the center of the civilization and trade of the world.

Nahum prophet biography for kids

Jonah had given a warning, and Nahum was followed by Zephaniah, who also told about (Zephaniah 2:4–15) the destruction of the city. The book of Jonah shows us that God had a loving concern for the people of Nineveh, while Nahum tells about the righteousness and justice of God.

He says God will punish the Assyrians because of "their cruelty" (Nahum 3:19). Nineveh was burned