Jonah 4:2

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He prayed to Yahweh, and said, "Please, Yahweh, wasn't this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you repent of the evil.

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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 present-day northern Iraq, and a notorious enemy of Israel. Its repentance after Jonah’s warning prompts his complaint in this verse, because God’s merciful character extended even to a hostile Gentile people.

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Jonah 4:2 mentions Nineveh.

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