Nahum 10-23-13

Question 1

What does Nahum mean?

Answer 1

Comfort or compassionate

Question 2

Nahum is a shortened form of whose name?

Answer 2

Nehemiah

Question 3

What tribe was Nahum from?

Answer 3

The Elkosh tribe

Question 4

What was Nahum written to?

Answer 4

Nineveh,

Question 5

What is Nineveh the capital of?

Answer 5

Assyria

Question 6

Who built Nineveh?

Answer 6

Nimrod

Question 7

How wide were the walls?

Answer 7

Big enough for three chariots side by side to drive on

Question 8

How high were the walls?

Answer 8

100 ft.

Question 9

What was the city surrounded by?

Answer 9

A mote that was 150 ft. wide and 65 ft. deep

Question 10

How tall were the towers in Nineveh?

Answer 10

200 ft.

Question 11

What was Nineveh designed for?

Answer 11

defense

Question 12

How were the walls of Nineveh destroyed?

Answer 12

A flood

Question 13

How was the actual city destroyed?

Answer 13

Fire

Question 14

The city was impregnable meaning ____________ had to let this happen

Answer 14

Jesus/God

Question 15

What is the theme of Nahum?

Answer 15

The destruction of Nineveh

Question 16

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.

Answer 16

Nahum

Question 17

God’s character demands what?

Answer 17

Justice

Question 18

God is what? 3 things

Answer 18

1) jealous
2) longsuffering
3) omniposcent

Question 19

When we do wrong God has to _______ us

Answer 19

punish

Question 20

Our God is a _______ God and he does what he has to do.

Answer 20

Just

Question 21

In God’s context, jealousy is referring to

Answer 21

idolatry

Question 22

The Lord is slow to anger, and not quick to judge but he won’t ___________ the wicked

Answer 22

dismiss

Question 23

Through Christ we are forgiven, but he won’t forget __________

Answer 23

evil

Question 24

What does God say the clouds are?

Answer 24

the dust of his feet

Question 25

God is goof to those who trust him, but vengeful to his ____________

Answer 25

enemies

Question 26

With an overrunning flood he will make an utter end to the refers to what

Answer 26

God is foreshadowing that he will bring down Nineveh’s walls which will aid in their destruction

Question 27

God sends a __________ nation to destroy Ninevah

Answer 27

Babylon

Question 28

God promises deliverance for ____________ from Nineveh

Answer 28

Judah

Question 29

___________ had a strong hold on Judah, and the Babylonians were going to “break the bonds and set them free”

Answer 29

Assyria

Question 30

He tells Judah since he destroyed the Assyrians, they should destroy all of their false idols but _______ does not listen

Answer 30

Judah

Question 31

Nahum foretells of the fall of _____________

Answer 31

Nineveh

Question 32

Nineveh will be _________-

Answer 32

sieged

Question 33

Babylonians were going to do what to their leaders

Answer 33

Dash them to pieces

Question 34

Valiant men will be made

Answer 34

scarlet

Question 35

Babylonians are going to come to Nineveh and destroy Judah with

Answer 35

fire

Question 36

How fast will they be destroyed?

Answer 36

as fast as lightening

Question 37

Hazzub means

Answer 37

Assyria

Question 38

All of Judah’s silver, gold, and treasures are going to belong to the

Answer 38

Assyrians