Nahum

Also known as Nachum, Nahum the Elkoshite

thumb|200px|Russian Orthodox [[icon of the Prophet Nahum, 18th century (Iconostasis of Transfiguration Church, Kizhi Monastery, Karelia, Russia).]]

Key facts

Ancient site.name: Tomb of Nahum
Ancient site.native_name: נַחוּם‬
Ancient site.image: File:ProphetNahum.JPG
Ancient site.caption: Tomb of Nahum
Ancient site.map_type: Iraq
Ancient site.location: Town of Alqosh, Northern Iraq, 50km north of Mosul
Ancient site.type: Shrine to the biblical prophet Nahum
Ancient site.cultures: Assyrian, Jewish
Ancient site.excavations: None
Ancient site.condition: Partial Collapse, Stabilized in 2018
Ancient site.public_access: yes

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Wikidata facts

Gender: male
Place of birth: Elkosh
Occupation: prophet
Student of: Joel
Image: Nahum.jpg

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present in work: Book of Nahum
Commons category: Nahum
student: Habakkuk
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
feast day: December 1
canonization status: saint
date of death: 0700-00-00
date of birth: 0700-00-00
name in native language: נחום

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Life
Works
Tomb
Liturgical commemoration
References
External links

thumb|200px|Russian Orthodox [[icon of the Prophet Nahum, 18th century (Iconostasis of Transfiguration Church, Kizhi Monastery, Karelia, Russia).]]

Nahum ( or ; Naḥūm) was a minor prophet whose prophecy is recorded in the Tanakh, also called the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament. His book comes in chronological order between Micah and Habakkuk in the Bible. He wrote about the end of the Assyrian Empire, and its capital city, Nineveh, in a vivid poetic style.

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