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Jonah

Definition:

Jonah was a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament.

  • The book of Jonah tells the story of what happened 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 Tarshish.
  • God caused a huge storm to overwhelm that ship.
  • He told the men sailing the ship that he wasrunning away from God, and he suggested that they throw him into the sea. When they did 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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(See also: disobey, Nineveh, turn)

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