The book of Nahum in the Old Testament was written by Nahum the Elkoshite. Without getting into the various explaining reasons, it appears the book was written sometime between 663 B.C. and 612 B.C. The name “Nahum” means comfort or consolation in the context of God’s vengeance. The immediate instance is destruction of Ninevah which was a message of consolation to those she had oppressed.
As an interesting side note, many writers suggest Nahum was related to Jonah who had prophesied many years earlier against Ninevah and experienced a great revival in the city. (Steve earlier did a sermon on the book of Jonah). As Matthew Henry notes, about a hundred years before Nahum’s book was penned, “at Jonah’s preaching, the Ninevites repented,
As an interesting side note, many writers suggest Nahum was related to Jonah who had prophesied many years earlier against Ninevah and experienced a great revival in the city. (Steve earlier did a sermon on the book of Jonah). As Matthew Henry notes, about a hundred years before Nahum’s book was penned, “at Jonah’s preaching, the Ninevites repented,