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See also:NAHUM (See also:Hebrew for " See also:rich in comfort [is See also:God] ")
, an Old Testament See also:prophet
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The name occurs only in the See also:book of See also:Nahum; in See also:Nehemiah vii
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7 it is a scribal See also:error for " Rehum." Of the prophet himself all that is known is the statement of the See also:title that he was an Elkoshite
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But the locality denoted by the designation is quite uncertain
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Later tradition associated Nahum with the region of See also:Nineveh, against which he prophesied, and hence his See also:tomb has been located at a See also:place bearing the name of Alkush near See also:Mosul (anc
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Nineveh) and is still shown.' According to See also:Jerome, the prophet was a native of a See also:village in See also:Galilee, which See also:bore the name of Elkesi in the 4th See also:century A.D
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(the Galilean See also:town of See also:Capernaum, which probably means " village of Nahum," may also point in the same direction; but cf
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See also: See also:Beit Jibrin) in the tribe of See also:Simeon (cf . See also:Pal . Expl . Fund Quart . Statement, 1879, pp . 136-138) . |
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