Jonah lived in the land of Israel.
When he was called upon by God to travel to Nineveh and preach the warning, that was actually a one-way trip. Jonah did not return back to Israel after that event. Jonah's grave is still in the ancient city of Nineveh til this day...
He was born in Gat-Hefer (2 Kings 14:25), in the lands of the Ten Tribes (a.k.a. the Northern Kingdom), in the middle of the First Temple period.
786 BC to 746 BC
No. It was the prophet Jonah.
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The whale spat Jonah out on dry land.
There is no mention of Jonah having a wife in the Scriptures.
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No, he was a Hebrew prophet.
Jonah and the whale.
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God chose him to be one.
In religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης (profétés) meaning "advocate", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and to speak for them.Yes Jonah was a prophet, sent by God to warn the Ninevites to repent.
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