Jonah 1:5

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Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten it. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.

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

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Joppa was a Mediterranean port in Israel from which Jonah boarded a ship to flee God’s command; Nineveh was the major Assyrian city to which God had sent him to warn of judgment. Their contrast highlights Jonah’s deliberate flight from his prophetic mission.

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Jonah 1:5 mentions Joppa and Nineveh.

Photo of Nineveh — Nineveh · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)