NAHUM, the ſeventh of the 12 leſſer prophets, was
a native of Elkofhai, a little village of Galilee. The
ſubject of his prophecy is the deſtruction of Nineveh,
which he deſcribes in the moſt lively and pathetic man-
ner; his ſtyle is bold and figurative, and cannot be ex-
ceeded by the moſt perfect maſters of oratory. This
prophecy was verified at the ſiege of that city by A-
ſſyrians, in the year of the world 3378, 622 years be-
fore Chriſt.