Nah 1:11 | TNotes | STEP | 1:11 The wicked counselor is the Assyrian king. God had also dealt with the arrogant conceit of an Assyrian king in Hezekiah’s time (about 701 BC ; see 2 Kgs 19:35-36 ). Assyria’s wicked counselor contrasts with the coming Messiah, the King who is a “Wonderful Counselor” (Isa 9:6 ).

b2 Kgs 19:35-36►

cIsa 9:6►

‏ Nahum 1:11

1:11 ^a The wicked counselor is the Assyrian king. God had also dealt with the arrogant conceit of an Assyrian king in Hezekiah’s time (about 701 BC; see 2 Kgs 19:35-36 ^b). Assyria’s wicked counselor contrasts with the coming Messiah, the King who is a “Wonderful Counselor” (Isa 9:6 ^c).