Date of Writing: Given the limited amount of information that we know about Nahum, the best we can do is narrow the timeframe in which the Book of Nahum was written to between 663 and 612 B.C. Two events are mentioned that help us to determine these dates. First, Nahum mentions Thebes (No Amon) in Egypt falling to the Assyrians (663 B.C.) in the past tense, so it had already happened.
Matukio mawili yametajwa ambayo yanatusaidia kuamua tarehe hizi. Kwanza Nahumu anataja Thebes (No Amon) katika Misri kuanguka kwa Waashuri (663 kk) katika wakati uliopita, hivyo ilikuwa tayari imefanyika.