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Jonah 3:6

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The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

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

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Nineveh was the great city of the Assyrian Empire, located on the Tigris River in present-day northern Iraq. Its king’s response to Jonah’s warning shows that even this powerful Gentile capital was summoned to humble itself before Israel’s God.

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Jonah 3:6 mentions Nineveh.

Nineveh · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)

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