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Nahum |
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Nahum is a graphic poetic account of the siege and fall of Nineveh, the great city. The focus of the book is the destruction of Nineveh, the capital of the cruel Assyrian Empire. It was made the capital by Sennacherib about 700 BC. It was located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River and was very well fortified. The city was completely destroyed by the Babylonians and Medes in 612 BC, as had Asshur in 614 BC. They used the river which flowed around the walls. They diverted the river water into reservoirs and then released it all at once. The force of the water knocked down a large section of the wall, 2:6. God had used these cruel people to judge His people (Isa. 10:5) but now the Assyrians were judged. We reap what we sow, Gal. 6:7.