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Jonah
Definition:
Jonah was a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament.
- The book of Jonah tells the story of when God sent Jonah to preach to the people of Nineveh.
- Jonah refused to go to Nineveh and instead got on a ship headed for a different city.
- God caused a huge storm to overwhelm that ship.
- When the men sailing the ship found out that Jonah was disobeying God, they threw him into the sea and the storm stopped.
- Jonah was swallowed by a huge fish, and he was inside the belly of that fish for three days and nights.
- After that, Jonah went to Nineveh and preached to the people there, and they turned from their sins.
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(See also: other/disobey · other/nineveh · kt/turn)