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Jonah

Definition:

Jonah was a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament.

  • The book of Jonah tells the story of when God sent Jonah to preach to the people of Nineveh.
  • Jonah refused to go to Nineveh and instead got on a ship headed for a different city.
  • God caused a huge storm to overwhelm that ship.
  • When the men sailing the ship found out that Jonah was disobeying God, they threw him into the sea and the storm stopped.
  • Jonah was swallowed by a huge fish and he was inside the belly of that fish for three days and nights.
  • After that, Jonah went to Nineveh and preached to the people there, and they turned from their sins.

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