Newcome’s opinion is the following:—“It seems probable that Habakkuk lived after the taking of Nineveh, as he prophesies of the Chaldeans, and is silent on the subject of the Assyrians. We have also reason to conclude that he prophesied not long before the Jewish captivity. See chapter 1:5; 2:3; 3:2,6-19. He may therefore be placed in the reign of Jehoiakim, between the years 606 and 598 before Christ.” Henderson agrees with this view. “Hunc librum canonicum esse constat,”—tum 1. quia in Bibliis Hebrais extat; tum 2. quia in N.T. allegatum, Acts 13:41; Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38. It appears that this book is canonical, 1., because it is extant in Hebrew; 2., because it is quoted in the New Testament,” etc.—Tarnovius.