Book of Nahum

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The Book of Nahum is an Old Testament prophetic text that pronounces divine judgment on the Assyrian city of Nineveh and offers comfort to Judah through the promise of its oppressor’s downfall.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Book of Nahum canonical 13
Nahum 7

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament book ⓘ
book of the Bible ⓘ
prophetic book ⓘ
addresses city of Nineveh ⓘ
linked to: Nineveh

kingdom of Assyria ⓘ
linked to: Assyria
associatedWith prophets of Israel ⓘ
attributedTo Nahum the Elkoshite ⓘ
author Nahum ⓘ
linked to: Book of Nahum
canonicalStatus canonical in Catholicism ⓘ
canonical in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
canonical in Judaism ⓘ
canonical in Protestantism ⓘ
chapterCount 3 ⓘ
contains oracle concerning Nineveh ⓘ
vision of Nahum the Elkoshite ⓘ
dateOfComposition uncertain ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ
historicalContext Assyrian dominance in the ancient Near East ⓘ
influencedBy historical threat of Assyria ⓘ
intendedAudience Judah ⓘ
language Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
likelyTimeFrame late 7th century BCE ⓘ
literaryFeature taunt songs against Nineveh ⓘ
vivid war imagery ⓘ
mentions Assyria ⓘ
Judah ⓘ
Nineveh ⓘ
messageSummary judgment on Assyria and hope for Judah ⓘ
openingVerse “An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.” ⓘ
partOf Christian Old Testament ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Nevi'im ⓘ
linked to: Neviim

The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ
portraysGodAs jealous and avenging ⓘ
slow to anger yet great in power ⓘ
positionInCanon seventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets in most Christian Bibles ⓘ
preservedIn Masoretic Text ⓘ
Septuagint ⓘ
primaryTheme comfort for Judah ⓘ
divine judgment on Nineveh ⓘ
prophesies fall of Nineveh ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
structure three chapters ⓘ
theologicalTheme God as avenger of injustice ⓘ
God’s sovereignty over nations ⓘ
judgment and deliverance ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Twelve → hasPart → Book of Nahum ⓘ
Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → Nahum ⓘ
linked to: Book of Nahum
Nineveh → mentionedIn → Book of Nahum ⓘ
Nahum Sokolow → givenName → Nahum ⓘ
linked to: Book of Nahum
Protestant Bible → containsBook → Nahum ⓘ
linked to: Book of Nahum
Book of Nahum → author → Nahum ⓘ
linked to: Book of Nahum
Put → appearsInBook → Book of Nahum ⓘ
Woe oracles → areFoundIn → Book of Nahum ⓘ
Cush (Ethiopia) → mentionedIn → Book of Nahum ⓘ
Nahum the Elkoshite → name → Nahum ⓘ
linked to: Book of Nahum
Nahum the Elkoshite → mentionedIn → Book of Nahum ⓘ
Nahum the Elkoshite → bookAttributed → Book of Nahum ⓘ
Nahum the Elkoshite → subjectOf → Book of Nahum ⓘ
Naum → relatedName → Nahum ⓘ
linked to: Book of Nahum
Nahum Goldmann → givenName → Nahum ⓘ
linked to: Book of Nahum
פּוּט → appearsInBook → Book of Nahum ⓘ