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Nahum 2 — Sermon Preparation
A vivid battle sequence depicts Nineveh's fall — river gates burst open, the palace collapses, and its great wealth is plundered. Below is a research summary for Nahum 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 15
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Nahum 2 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲרִי | ʼărîy | H738 | 4 | lion |
| רֶכֶב | rekeb | H7393 | 3 | vehicle, team |
| בָּקַק | bâqaq | H1238 | 2 | pour, empty |
| לָבִיא | lâbîyʼ | H3833 | 2 | lion |
| טֶרֶף | ṭereph | H2964 | 2 | torn, fresh |
| כְּפִיר | kᵉphîyr | H3715 | 2 | village, young lion |
| בָּזַז | bâzaz | H962 | 2 | plunder |
How preachers through history handled this text
15 public-domain excerpts on Nahum 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“We now come closer to Nineveh, that great city; she took, not warning by the destruction of her armies and the fall of her king, and therefore may expect, since she persists in her enmity to God, that he will proceed in his controversy with her. Here is foretold, I. The approach of the enemy that should destroy Nineveh, and the terror of his military preparations, ver. 1-5. II. The taking of the city, ver. 6. III. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 4 (Isaiah to Malachi), on Nahum 2:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Nineveh— Nahum 2:1
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