Nahum (× ×—×•×) was a minor prophet whose prophecy is recorded in the Hebrew Bible. His book comes in chronological order between Micah and Habakkuk in the Bible.http://www.ucalgary.ca/~eslinger/genrels/ChronolBiblicalProphets.html "The Chronology of Biblical Prophets", Adapted from Hauer, C.E. & Young, W. A., An Introduction to the Bible: A Journey into Three Worlds, p.123, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1994 He wrote about the end of the Assyrian Empire, and its capital city, Nineveh, in a vivid poetic style.