Nineveh’s Destruction
Nahum 2:1-13 On March 19, 2003, a coalition of the United States and more than thirty-five countries implemented a preemptive strike against Iraq to disarm it of weapons of mass destruction. Twenty-six hundred years ago (612 B.C.) a Medo-Babylonian coalition launched a similar preemptive strike against the Assyrian capital of Nineveh (modern-day Mosul, Iraq). That coalition disarmed and demolisGet More Articles—Subscribe Today!
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Dear Sir,
Thank you for an incredible synopsis. If I may ask one question, where might I find the information, “an apt metaphor because Assyrian chieftain Sennacherib compared himself and the rulers of Assyria to lions.” I just cannot seem to find this reference.
Thank you for your time.
Thank you for a most informative article. It brought alive that piece of Biblical history for me as I am reading/studying Nahum. God bless!