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Commentary on Nahum

  • Nahum speaks of the destruction of Nineveh
  • “An attacker advances against you, O Nineveh..”
  • Essenes interpreted Nineveh as referring to the Pharisees, condemning them
  • Commentary mentions Demetrius, a Greek King
  • uses the term “Kittim”, possibly referring to the Romans.

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