1 The opulence of Ashurbanipal's court at Nineveh became legendary.

2 Become a global city, the capital of Nineveh.

3 An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

4 Arise, go to Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.

5 Tarshish was about as far away from Nineveh as Jonah could get.

6 Now Nineveh was a very important city - a visit required three days.

7 The burden concerning Nineveh . The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

8 Nineveh is an exceedingly great city, a three - day journey in extent.

9 Arise, go to Nineveh and cry against it; for their wickedness has come up before me.

10 The oracle of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

12 In Nineveh, carefully negotiated agreements dictated where the Kurdish militias, or pesh merga, would be stationed around the polls, along with the local and national Iraqi police and the army.

13 Is not that people in Nineveh were forgiven at that time?

14 Nineveh was saved in the book of Jonah but was totally decimated and destroyed by God.

15 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah : the same is a great city.

16 An attacker advances against you, Nineveh. Guard watch the road, brace yourselves ,[] marshal all your strength!

17 Rejoicing and praising God, Tobit went out to the gate of Nineveh to meet his daughter - in - law .

18 So Sennacherib king of Assyria and withdrew . He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

19 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at Nineveh.

20 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed , and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

21 In 614 BCE a Median army under Cyaxares invaded the Assyrian homeland, attacked Nineveh and destroyed the ancient city of Ashur .

22 Besides Ashur , the other three royal Assyrian cities were Calah (Nimrud), Khorsabad, and Nineveh.

23 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew . He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

24 Read the book of Jonah followers, I believe all the people of Nineveh repent think it is incredible.

25 Tobit died peacefully at the age an honorable burial in Nineveh.

26 The book of Nahum and the book of Jonah discusses the fate of a city separately in different time. The city is Nineveh, the capital of ancient Assyria.

27 Out of that land went forth Asshur and builded Nineveh and the city Rehoboth , and Calah.