Nahum 1:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

The burden of Nineveh - the prophetic doom х masaa' (H4853)] of Nineveh. Nahum prophesied against that city 150 years after Jonah.

The vision. There are three Hebrew titles of a prophet-

(1) Naabiy' (H5030), the prophet, strictly so called;

(2) Ro'eh (H7203), the seer;

(3) Chowzeh, those chosen for a specific purpose, to announce to his people a revelation conveyed in vision, even though such might not be officially prophets or naabiy' (H5030).

The Elkoshite - see on this the Introduction.

Nahum 1:1

1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.