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# 📖 Nahum
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> [[#📖 Summary of Book]]
> [[#📚 Genre]]
> [[#🙋♂️ Who is the Author]]
> [[#⌛️ When Was it Written]]
> [[#🧭 Theme Verse]]
> [[#🧭 Major Themes]]
> [[#📅 Outline of Book]]
> **[[#✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes]]**
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflections]]
> [[#📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights]]
## 📖 Summary of Book
> The Book of Nahum announces God’s judgment against the city of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. Although Nineveh had once repented under Jonah’s preaching, it later returned to violence, cruelty, and pride. Nahum proclaims that God is both patient and just, and that He will not allow evil to go unpunished. The book offers comfort to Judah by assuring them that their oppressor will be destroyed.
#### 📚 Genre
- Prophetic Literature
- Minor Prophets
#### 🙋♂️ Who is the Author
- Nahum of Elkosh
#### ⌛️ When Was it Written
- Approximately 663–612 BC (between the fall of Thebes and the fall of Nineveh)
## 🧭 Theme Verse
> Nahum 1:7 (NET)
“The LORD is good — indeed, he is a fortress in time of distress, and he protects those who seek refuge in him.”
## 🧭 Major Themes
• God’s justice
• Judgment on evil
• Divine vengeance
• God’s sovereignty
• Comfort for God’s people
• Accountability of nations
• God’s power
• Protection of the faithful
• Moral responsibility
• Divine holiness
## 📅 Outline of Book
- 1:1–15 — God’s Character and Judgment
- God’s power
- Comfort for Judah
- 2:1–13 — Fall of Nineveh
- Siege imagery
- Destruction described
- 3:1–19 — Reasons for Judgment
- Nineveh’s sins
- Final downfall
## ✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes
- [[Nahum 01]]
- [[Nahum 02]]
- [[Nahum 03]]
## 🙏 Devotional Reflections
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## 📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights
**Further Study**.
1. O. Palmer Robertson, The Books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (NICOT)
2. David W. Baker, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah (Tyndale Old Testament Commentary)
3. Duane L. Christensen, Nahum (Word Biblical Commentary)
**Interesting Insights**.
1. Nahum’s name means “comfort” or “consolation.”
2. The book focuses entirely on Nineveh’s destruction.
3. Nineveh fell in 612 BC, fulfilling Nahum’s prophecy.
4. Assyria was known for extreme cruelty.
5. Nahum complements Jonah’s message of mercy with judgment.
6. The book contains vivid war poetry.
7. Nahum uses courtroom and battlefield imagery.
8. It reassures Judah of God’s protection.
9. Nahum emphasizes God’s patience and justice.
10. The prophecy was fulfilled within decades.
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