Jonah 1 Jonah Tries to Run Away from God Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying, “Go at once to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah set out to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid his fare and went on board, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord. ...In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations
GOURD Jonah's, believed to be a vine resembling the American squash, used in Assyria to cover huts (Jonah 4:6-10)
NINEVEH Contained a population of upwards of one-hundred and twenty thousand people, when Jonah preached (Jonah 4:11)
DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD » INSTANCES OF » Of Jonah, in refusing to deliver the message to the Ninevites (Jonah 1)