Isaiah
Prophet to: Judah (Southern Kingdom)
Kings: Ahaz, Hezekiah, Jotham, Manasseh, Uzziah
Quick History
Isaiah is the first of the Major Prophets. When God had a message for the people, He spoke to them through prophets who were moved by the Holy Spirit to speak.
Nahum
A K A: the Elkoshite
Prophet to: Foreign Nation
Kings: Amon, Josiah, Manasseh
Quick History
Nahum's main message was the destruction of Nineveh as a judgement on the Assyrians for their cruel treatment of other nations. His writings could be taken as prophecy or as history. One account suggests that his writings are a prophecy written in about 615 BCE, just before the downfall of Assyria, while another account suggests that he wrote this passage as liturgy just after its downfall in 612 BCE.
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