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What are facts about Jonah the prophet?

Updated: 11/10/2022
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1. He lived in the ninth century B.C.

2. His father's name was Amittai.

3. He came from Gath-Hepher in Israel.

4. He correctly predicted that the boundaries of Israel would one day extend from Lebo Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah.

5. God told him to preach to the Assyrians.

6. Jonah was afraid of the Assyrians (who were trying to conquer the world) and so he ran away.

7. When he boarded the ship bound for Spain, he had to pay the fare himself. (None of this luxury travelling at God's expense.)

8. When a terrible storm threatened to destroy the ship, Jonah admitted that it was his fault, but the pagan sailors did not believe him and tried to save his life.

9. After the sailors threw him into the sea, he was swallowed by a very large fish.

10. The prayer in Jonah 2 is the literary form known as a chiasm.

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