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Jonah and the Whale (1621) by Pieter Lastman Jonah Preaching to the Ninevites (1866) by Gustave Doré, in La Grande Bible de Tours. Jonah is the central character in the Book of Jonah, in which God commands him to go to the city of Nineveh to prophesy against it "for their great wickedness is come up before me," [10] but Jonah instead attempts to flee from "the presence of the Lord" by going ...
The Prophet Jonah is opposite the fresco of the prophet Zachariah. [5] Behind the figure of Jonah, Michelangelo has painted a large fish (a tarpon), a reference to the fact that in the Book of Jonah, Jonah is swallowed by one. A close-up of the face of the central figure
Jonah is miraculously saved by being swallowed by a "great fish", in whose belly he spends three days and three nights. [19] While inside the great fish, Jonah prays to God in thanksgiving and commits to paying what he has vowed. [20] Jonah's prayer has been compared with some of the Psalms, [21] and with the Song of Hannah in 1 Samuel 2:1-10. [22]
The biblical fish category includes marine mammals. ("Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones..." Lamentations 4:3 A.V. & D.V.) Jonah's fish: According to the Book of Jonah, a "great fish" swallowed the prophet Jonah (Jonah 1:17 A.V.), and he was in its belly for three days, before being vomited up.
The prophet Jonah appears in 2 Kings aka 4 Kings and is therefore thought to have been active around 786–746 BC. [15] A possible scenario which facilitated the acceptance of Jonah's preaching to the Ninevites is that the reign of Ashur-dan III saw a plague break out in 765 BC, revolt from 763-759 BC and another plague at the end of the revolt.
Pages in category "Jonah" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Book of Jonah; J. Jonah; Jonah in Islam; Jonah in rabbinic literature; K. 2 ...
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Book of Jonah people (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Book of Jonah" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent ...