Chapter 5

The Life of the Prophet Nahum

¹ Nahum is interpreted consolation.[1] This man was from Elkesai, beyond the Jordan, at Bigabri, of the tribe of Simeon. After Jonah, this man gave a portent: that Nineveh would be destroyed by sweet waters and by fire — which indeed came to pass. For the lake that surrounds it deluged it in an earthquake, and a fire coming upon it from the wilderness burned up its higher part. And he died in peace, and was buried in his own land.