UNDERSTANDING NAHUM | BIBLE TIMELINE

0. Introduction

a) Timeline. This puts the Bible book into its historical setting. It lists the key events of each book and the date when they occurred.

b) The Book of Nahum.

1. Date: 697 B.C. 

a) Manasseh becomes king of Judah. 

2. Date: 669

a) Ashurbanipal becomes king of Assyria. 

3. Date: 663 

a) The fall of Thebes; Nahum becomes a prophet. 

4. Date: 640

a) Josiah becomes king of Judah; Zephaniah becomes a prophet. 

5. Date: 627 

a) Jeremiah becomes a prophet.

6. Date: 612 

a) Nineveh falls.

7. Date: 609

a) Assyria completely conquered. 

8. Date: 605

a) Babylonians win battle of Carchemish. 

9. Date: 586

a) Judah falls to Babylon.