Nahum Predicts Fall of Ninevah
- Dates
- 662 BC
Nahum predicts in his book (3:7) the fall of Nineveh, the Assyrian capital. His prophecy takes place at the peak of Assyrian power, probably around 50 years earlier.
Bible passages
- Nahum 3:7
And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
Text of the King James Version.