Nahum 1

Nahum 1
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Simplified plan of ancient Nineveh, showing city wall and location of gateways.
Book	Book of Nahum
Bible part	Old Testament
Order in the Bible part	34
Category	Nevi'im

Nahum 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Nahum in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.^[1][2] This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Nahum, and is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets.^[3][4] This chapter describes the character of God in giving a fair judgment upon Nineveh.^[5]

Text

• The original text is written in Hebrew.
• Some of the most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:
  • In Hebrew:
    • Masoretic Text
    • Dead Sea Scrolls: 4QpNah, known as the "Nahum Commentary" (1st century BC)^[6]
  • In Greek:
    • Septuagint (3rd century BC)
• This chapter is divided into 15 verses.

Structure

This chapter can be grouped:

• Nahum 1:1-8 = I. The Character of God: The holiness of the LORD; judgment upon Nineveh
• Nahum 1:9-15 = II. God's Punishment of His Enemies.

Verse 1

The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.^[7]

• "burden" is translated from Hebrew word: משא ma·syā,^[8] which can also mean "oracle".^[9]
• "Elkosh", the hometown of prophet Nahum, has been identified with several cities, including the modern Alqosh of Assyria and Capharnaum of northern Galilee.^[10]

Verse 4

He rebukes the sea and makes it dry,

And dries up all the rivers.

Bashan and Carmel wither,

And the flower of Lebanon wilts.^[11]

• Bashan, Carmel, and Lebanon are known to be places of lush vegetataion and among the most fertile regions of Palestine.^[5][12]

See also

• Calming the storm
• Other related Bible parts: Exodus 20, Psalm 18, Matthew 8, 2 Timothy 2

References

1. Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
2. Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
3. J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of The Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.
4. Therodore Hiebert, et.al. 1996. The New Intrepreter's Bible: Volume: VII. Nashville: Abingdon.
5. The Scofield Study Bible, Oxford University Press. 2003. ISBN 9780195278583. pp. 1185-7.
6. VanderKam, James C., The Dead Sea Scrolls Today, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994. pp. 10-11.
7. Nahum 1:1
8. Hebrew word #4853 in Strong's Concordance
9. New King James Version
10. Nahum at The Catholic Encyclopedia
11. Nahum 1:4
12. The Nelson Study Bible. Thomas Nelson, Inc. 1997. ISBN 9780840715999. pp. 1514-5.

External links

• Unique Pictures Of Nahum Tomb By Kobi Arami
• Jewish translations:
  • Nachum – Nahum (Judaica Press) translation [with Rashi's commentary] at Chabad.org
• Christian translations:
  • Online Bible at GospelHall.org (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)
  • BibleGateway
  • Nahum – King James Version
• Nahum public domain audiobook at LibriVox Various versions