Nah 3:8 | TNotes | STEP | 3:8 Thebes , the historic capital of Egypt, was situated on both sides of the Nile in Upper Egypt. It achieved its greatest fame as the political, religious, and cultural center of Egypt’s great New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC ). Though no longer Egypt’s capital in the 600s BC , the city was still a thriving metropolis.

‏ Nahum 3:8

3:8 ^a Thebes, the historic capital of Egypt, was situated on both sides of the Nile in Upper Egypt. It achieved its greatest fame as the political, religious, and cultural center of Egypt’s great New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC). Though no longer Egypt’s capital in the 600s BC, the city was still a thriving metropolis.