Jonah, Book ofThis book professes to give an account of what actually took place in the experience of the prophet. Some critics have sought to interpr...
Amittai [E] [H] [S]Father of Jonah 2?Kings 14:25 ; Jonah 1:1 [E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary[H] indicates this...
INTRODUCTION JONAH was the son of Amittai, of Gath-hepher in Zebulun (called Gittah-hepher in Joshua 19:10-13 of the ten tribes, not to Judah. Hi...
Jonah 3:2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city So it is called; (See Gill on Jonah 1:2). The order runs in the same words as before; and the same d...
Overview - Jonah 3 1?Jonah, sent again, preaches to the Ninevites. 5?Upon their repentance, 10?God repents. Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJonah 3:2?...
GATH-HEPHER gath-he'-fer (gath ha-chepher, winepress of the pit): A town on the boundary of Zebulun (Joshua 19:13; the King James Version in error, G...
Overview - Jonah 4 1?Jonah repining at God's mercy, 4?is reproved by the type of a gourd. Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJonah 4:2??(King James Versi...
Overview - Jonah 1 1?Jonah, sent to Nineveh, flees to Tarshish. 4?He is bewrayed by a tempest; 11?thrown into the sea; 17?and swallowed by a fish. Tr...
Amitta-i [N] [E] [H](true ), father of the prophet Jonah. ( 2?Kings 14:25 ; Jonah 1:1 ) [N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bi...
Overview - Luke 15 1?The parable of the lost sheep; 8?of the piece of silver; 11?of the prodigal son. Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeLuke 15:28??(Kin...
JONAH jo'-na (yonah, dove; 'Ionas): (1) According to 2?Kings 14:25, Jonah, the son of Amittai, of Gath-hepher, a prophet and servant of Yahweh, predi...
Chapter 44:1 But it displeased a Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. (a) Because by this he would be taken as a false prophet, and so the name o...
Overview - Galatians 2 1?He shows when he went up again to Jerusalem, and for what purpose; 3?and that Titus was not circumcised; 11?and that he resi...
Jonah 3:5 So the people of Nineveh believed God Or in God F18: in the word of the Lord, as the Targum; they believed there was a God, and that he, in ...
At the preaching of Jonah (ei to khrugma Iwna). Note this use of ei as in Matthew 10:41 ; Matthew 12:41 . Luke inserts the words about the Queen of...
Overview - Psalms 18 1?David praises God for his manifold and marvellous blessings. Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 18:16??(King James Version)H...
Overview - Psalms 139 1?David praises God for his all-seeing providence; 17?and for his infinite mercies. 19?He defies the wicked. 23?He prays for sin...
Jonah 3:1 And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time Jonah having been scourged by the Lord for his stubbornness and disobedience, and b...
JONAH, THE BOOK OF This little roll of four short chapters has given rise to almost as much discussion and difference of opinion as the first four cha...
Jonah 1:12 And he said unto them, take me up, and cast me forth into the sea This he said not as choosing rather to die than to go to Nineveh; or as h...