Book of the Bible

Nahum

A poem announcing the coming fall of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.

What the sources say, and how sure we are

The text says
The book is an oracle against Nineveh. It mentions the fall of Thebes (No-amon), which Assyria captured in 663 BC, as already past.Nah 1:1; Nah 3:8
Outside evidence
The Babylonian Chronicle of the fall of Nineveh records the city’s capture by Babylonians and Medes in 612 BC.Fall of Nineveh Chronicle (ABC 3)
Debated
Nahum’s place of origin, Elkosh, is uncertain. Scholars place the book between 663 and 612 BC, and debate whether it was written before or after Assyria began to weaken.