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Fun Fact: In the Bible, the 

image of blowing wind 

symbolizes war or conflict

In a land known as Judah, there was once a man named Nahum. He was 

a real prophet who was called by God to help lead the people of Israel to 

become better people and to warn them about consequences that might 

occur if they did not follow the path of God. He spoke the truth about 

who God was and how God acted. He was rarely listened to and disliked 

by most of society. 

Nahum was a latter prophet, meaning his story is recorded in the 

"Prophetic Literature Books" in the Bible and his own book, the Book of 

Nahum, is named after him. 

The Book of Nahum in the Bible is very short. Nahum is a minor prophet 

because his book in the Bible is shorter than those who are considered 

major prophets. Even though his Biblical book is shorter, this does not 

make him less important!

A name is very important. Your name is what you are 

called and how people distinguish you from others. 

Nahum's name was very important as well, because the 

people recognized him through his name. 

The name Nahum is most likely a shortened form of the 

name Nahumiah, which means "Yahweh Comforts". 

Yahweh was the name that the Israelites used to refer to 

God. 

Nahum was born in the late seventh-century. Nahum was an 

Elkoshite, meaning that he was from the town of Elkosh. The 

location of Elkosh is not known, an no other background 

information about Nahum's family or life growing up is known. 

Elkosh is sometimes taken to mean, "God is harsh". 

This translation may seem rather severe, but the way Nahum 

speaks of God at the beginning is similar to this. He emphasizes the 

fact that God is all-powerful and will retaliate strongly against his 

enemies. Nahum starts off by saying, "A jealous and avenging God 

is the LORD, an avenger is the LORD, full of wrath; The LORD 

takes vengeance on his adversaries, and rages against his 

enemies." 

Although Nahum was born centuries ago, he still had a job, 

very much like the adults around you have jobs today. 

There are different theories about what Nahum might have 

done as a job, and some people believe that Nahum's job was 

to be a prophet for the Temple of Israel, a very important 

job. 

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