His name means "comforter," and he was from the town of Alqosh, (Nahum 1:1) which scholars have attempted to identify with several cities, including the modern `Alqush of Assyria and Capharnaum of northern Galilee.
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Others, however, think that his prophecies are to be referred to the latter half of the reign of Hezekiah (8th century BC).
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The subject of Nahum's prophecy is the approaching complete and final destruction of Nineveh, the capital of the great and at that time flourishing Assyrian empire.
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There is a striking similarity between Jadis's description of the life and death of her city and the text of the prophetic book of Nahum concerning the Biblical city of Nineveh.