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Jonah 1:17

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Yahweh prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

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The Assyrian EmpireThe extent of the Assyrian Empire that conquered the northern kingdom of Israel.

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Jonah 1:17 mentions Joppa and Nineveh.

Joppa · Godot13
Nineveh · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)

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