Nahum 1

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Book Book of Nahum Order in the Bible part 34		Bible part Old Testament 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. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Nahum, and is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets. This chapter describes the character of God in giving a fair judgment upon Nineveh.

Text

The original text is written in Hebrew.

This chapter is divided into 15 verses.

Textual versions

Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:

Masoretic Text (10th century)

Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)

4QpNah, known as the "Nahum Commentary" (1st century BC)

4Q82 (4QXII^g): extant: verses 9-11

Wadi Murabba'at (MurXII): extant: verses 1‑15 (verses 1:1-14; 2:1 in Masoretic text)

Ancient translations in Koine Greek:

Septuagint (3rd century BC)

Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)

Naḥal Ḥever (8ḤevXII^gr): extant: verses 13‑14

Theodotion version (~AD 180)

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.

"burden" is translated from Hebrew word: משא ma·syā, which can also mean "oracle".

"Elkosh", the hometown of prophet Nahum, has been identified with several cities, including the modern Alqosh of Assyria and Capharnaum of northern Galilee.

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.

Bashan, Carmel, and Lebanon are known to be places of lush vegetataion and among the most fertile regions of Palestine.

References

Nahum 1 Wikipedia

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