# Jonah

## Definition

Jonah was a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament.

* The book of Jonah tells about when God sent Jonah to Nineveh.
* God told Jonah to go to Nineveh and tell the people to turn from their sins.
* Jonah refused and went on a ship to go to another country.
* The men in the ship threw Jonah out of it, and a large fish swallowed him.
* Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days.
* Jonah went to Nineveh and preached to the people, and they turned from their sins.