kittatthatta ki.mu. 670-il, ulagatthin migapperiya saamraajyamaaga asīriyaa aanadhu. “adhan ellai mērkil saiprasmudhal kilakkil īraanvarai irundhadhu” endrum “oru kattatthil egipthum andha saamraajyatthin oru paagamaaga irundhadhu” endrum brittish miyūsiyatthin oru vebsait solgiradhu. asīriyaavin thalainagaramaaga irundha ninivē ulagatthilēyē migapperiya nagaramaaga irundhadhu. andha nagaratthil bramaandamaana ninaivu chinnangalum, alagaana thōttangalum, aadambaramaana aranmanaigalum, periya periya nūlagangalum irundhana. asīriyaavin matra raajaakkalai pōlavē, asīriya raajaavaaga irundha asūrbaanipaalum thannai “indha ulagatthukkē raajaa” endru alaitthukondadhaaga palangaala ninivē nagara suvargalil porikkappattirundha elutthugal kaattugindrana. avarudaiya aatchi kaalatthil asīriyaavaiyum ninivēyaiyum yaaraalum asaikka mudiyaadhu endra abippraayam irundhadhu.

aanaal, asīriyaa kodikatti parandhukondirundha andha samayatthilēyē yegōvaavin thīrkkadharisiyaana seppaniyaa ippadi sonnaar: ‘[yegōvaa] asīriyaavai . . . alippaar. ninivēyai paalaakki adhai paalaivanam pōlaakkuvaar.’ adhu mattumalla, naagūm thīrkkadharisiyum, ‘velliyai sūraiyaadungal, thangatthai kaippatrungal! nagaram verumaiyaakkappattadhu, paalaakkappattadhu, naasamaakkappattadhu! . . . unnai paarkkira ellaarum, “ninivē alindhuvittadhu!” . . . endru solli ōdippōvaargal’ endru thīrkkadharisanam sonnaar. (sep. 2:13; naagū. 2:9, 10; 3:7) indha thīrkkadharisanangalai kēttapōdhu, ‘idhellaam nadakkira kadhaiyaa? balamaana indha asīriya saamraajyattha yaarnaalayaavadhu thōrkadikka mudiyumaa?’ endru makkal yōsitthirukkalaam. ivaiyellaam namba mudiyaadha vishayamaaga avargalukku thōndriyirukkum.

aanaal, adhudhaan nadandhadhu! ki. mu. 600-kku konjam munbu, baabilōniyargalum mēdhiyargalum asīriyaavai vīltthinaargal. kadaisiyil adhu paaladaindha idamaaga aagivittadhu. appadiyoru nagaram irundhadhu enbadhaiyē makkal marandhuvittaargal! konja kaalatthukku pinbu, “adhu mannōdu mannaaga pōivittadhu. ninivē endru oru nagaram irundhadhu enbadhai baibililirundhudhaan makkal therindhukondaargal” endru niyu yaarkkil irukkira metrōpolittan miyūsiyam aaf aart veliyitta oru prasuram solgiradhu. “asīriyaa saamraajyatthin thalainagaram unmaiyilēyē irundhadhaa endrukūda makkalukku theriyavillai” endru bibalikal aarkkiyalaajikkal sosaitti solgiradhu. aanaal, 1845-il tholporul aaraaichiyaalaraana aastan hendri lēyaard, ninivēyin idipaadugalai thōndinaar. andha aaraaichiyil ninivē endra oru pugalpetra nagaram irundhadhu theriyavandhadhu.

ninivēyai patri sonna thīrkkadharisanangal thulliyamaaga niraivēriyadhai paarkkumpōdhu, indraikku irukkira arasaangangalai patri baibil sonna thīrkkadharisanangalum appadiyē niraivērum endru naam urudhiyaaga nambalaam.—dhaani. 2:44; veli. 19:15, 19-21.