Jonah 4:1

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But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

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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 Assyrian city on the Tigris River in modern northern Iraq, capital of Israel’s powerful and feared enemy. Its repentance after Jonah’s preaching and God’s decision to spare it are the immediate cause of Jonah’s displeasure in this verse.

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Jonah 4:1 mentions Nineveh.

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