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Jonah 3:7

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He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, "Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;

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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 importance in this passage lies in the king’s citywide decree of fasting and repentance after Jonah’s warning, displaying the reach of God’s message even among Israel’s powerful Gentile enemies.

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Jonah 3:7 mentions Nineveh.

Nineveh · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)

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