Bible Study
Neal Parker
Nahum: Background Info.
“Nahum” means comfort.
 Related to Nehemiah’s name; “The
Lord Comforts” or “Comfort of the
Lord”.
 Contemporaries: Habakkuk,
Zephaniah and Jeremiah.
 Prophecy was written between 663 –
612 B.C.

Jonah / Nahum Comparisons
Jonah: The Mercy of God
Nahum: The Judgment of God
800 B.C.
650 B.C.
Emphasis on the prophet only one prophecy in the
whole book
Disobedient prophet
Emphasis on the prophecy - the only
thing we know about the prophet is
that he was from Elkosh.
Obedient prophet
Obedient Nation
Disobedient Nation - in only 150
years the nation became so bad that
it had to be destroyed.
Rebellion of Nineveh
Repentence of Nineveh
Nineveh
*Founded by
Nimrod (Genesis
10:11)
*14 miles X 20
miles (3 Days Walk
Across Nineveh)
*Destroyed by
Babylonians with
the flood of Khosr
River (Nahum’s
prophesy)
Assyrians
*Cruelty &
Oppression
*Stuck people on
poles
Assyrians
*Cruelty &
Oppression
*Leading captives
by lip-rings and
blinding eyes
Assyrians
*Cruelty &
Oppression
*Cut off heads
of captives
Message of Nahum
Comfort is brought to Judah by the
prophesy of Nineveh’s destruction.
 Assyrians were powerful and
ruthless, as well as successful.
 In 722 BC, Assyrians had defeated
Israel; Judah’s faith shaken.
 Lesson of comfort for the Church,
today. God is in control and will
avenge.

Bible Study – Book of Nahum
Nahum 1:1-15
The Lord: The Avenger & Protector
Prophesized End of Nineveh
Verses
2-11
12-15
Bible Study – Book of Nahum
Nahum 2:1-13
Vision of the Fall of Nineveh
Verses
1-13
Bible Study – Book of Nahum
Nahum 3:1-19
God’s Judgment on Nineveh
Finality of Nineveh’s Doom
Verses
1-7
8-19
Message of Nahum
Comfort is brought to Judah by the
prophesy of Nineveh’s destruction.
 Assyrians were powerful and
ruthless, as well as successful.
 In 722 BC, Assyrians had defeated
Israel; Judah’s faith shaken.
 Lesson of comfort for the Church,
today. God is in control and will
avenge.

Next Bible Study:
September 1, 2012
Habakkuk