Declaring Nineveh’s Destruction

Nahum 1:1-15 In the days of the prophet Nahum, Nineveh was at the height of its glory. Its influence through trade, culture, and political conquest extended from Egypt to the Persian Gulf. The city was built by Nimrod (Gen. 10:8–11) on the east bank of the Tigris River, where the Tigris meets the Khoser River, opposite present-day Mosul, Iraq. As the capital of Assyria, Nineveh was a large ci