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Genesis - History of Israelites - Exodus - Leviticus - Numbers - Deuteronomy - Joshua - Judges - Ruth - Psalms - Proverbs - Song of Solomon - Prophets - New Testament History - Healing Works of Jesus - The 4 Evangelists - Lord's Prayer - Parables - Lord's [Last] Supper - Jesus after his Resurrection - Paul's Letters - Epistles - Revelation - Glossary - Numbers - Contents - Index

JONAH. . - p. 271

The oft-recurring symbolic way of writing the name of the city, Nineveh, characterizes it as Ninu-a or Ni-na-a, "fish-dwelling." Perhaps from this sprang the tradition of Jonah and the whale. The name Jonah signifies a "dove."

Jonah, son of Amittai, was born at Gathepher in Zebulun, two miles from Sephorim. He is the same prophet that is sent to Jeroboam (II Kings 15:25) in answer to the bitter cry of affliction that rose from Israel. The deliverance there worked by God brought no return of allegiance to Him.

Jonah is next sent with a message of warning to the Ninevites, but disobeys the command. The clue to his unwillingness and murmuring may have been his foreknowledge that the nation so spared was destined to be God's instrument for punishment of his native country. He embarks at Joppa to flee to Tarshish (4:2), the most remote quarters of the earth to which the exiled Jews may have fled.

His experiences are told in symbolic language of the Orient. The tempest in his own mental realm, between his personal desire and the Divine command, resulted in his wonderful prayer. The last lines, "When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord; and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. They that observe lying vanities, forsake their own mercy. But I

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