Nahum 10-23-13 Flashcards
What does Nahum mean?
Comfort or compassionate
Nahum is a shortened form of whose name?
Nehemiah
What tribe was Nahum from?
The Elkosh tribe
What was Nahum written to?
Nineveh,
What is Nineveh the capital of?
Assyria
Who built Nineveh?
Nimrod
How wide were the walls?
Big enough for three chariots side by side to drive on
How high were the walls?
100 ft.
What was the city surrounded by?
A mote that was 150 ft. wide and 65 ft. deep
How tall were the towers in Nineveh?
200 ft.
What was Nineveh designed for?
defense
How were the walls of Nineveh destroyed?
A flood
How was the actual city destroyed?
Fire
The city was impregnable meaning ____________ had to let this happen
Jesus/God
What is the theme of Nahum?
The destruction of Nineveh
Jonah preaches to them and they repent, but when they revert back to their bad behavior, _____________ is written as a warning of what is to cone.
Nahum
God’s character demands what?
Justice
God is what? 3 things
1) jealous
2) longsuffering
3) omniposcent
When we do wrong God has to _______ us
punish
Our God is a _______ God and he does what he has to do.
Just
In God’s context, jealousy is referring to
idolatry
The Lord is slow to anger, and not quick to judge but he won’t ___________ the wicked
dismiss
Through Christ we are forgiven, but he won’t forget __________
evil
What does God say the clouds are?
the dust of his feet
God is goof to those who trust him, but vengeful to his ____________
enemies
With an overrunning flood he will make an utter end to the refers to what
God is foreshadowing that he will bring down Nineveh’s walls which will aid in their destruction
God sends a __________ nation to destroy Ninevah
Babylon
God promises deliverance for ____________ from Nineveh
Judah
___________ had a strong hold on Judah, and the Babylonians were going to “break the bonds and set them free”
Assyria
He tells Judah since he destroyed the Assyrians, they should destroy all of their false idols but _______ does not listen
Judah
Nahum foretells of the fall of _____________
Nineveh
Nineveh will be _________-
sieged
Babylonians were going to do what to their leaders
Dash them to pieces
Valiant men will be made
scarlet
Babylonians are going to come to Nineveh and destroy Judah with
fire
How fast will they be destroyed?
as fast as lightening
Hazzub means
Assyria
All of Judah’s silver, gold, and treasures are going to belong to the
Assyrians
