SUMMARY OF THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET JONAH
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# 7 THE DIVIDED KINGDOM |
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Prophetic mission announced |
Prophetic mission rejected |
Prophetic mission accepted |
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The Sinai Covenant |
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1:1-----------------------1:3-----------2:1----------2:3----------3:1--------4:1-----11 |
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Announce-ment of the mission to the Assyrian Gentiles of Nineveh |
Reluctance to accept mission to call Nineveh to repentance |
Jonah's attempt to run away
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Judgment on Jonah= 3 days in the belly of the fish |
Jonah Repents and accepts his mission |
Mission to Nineveh/Success Nineveh repents |
Temper tantrum over success and God's rebuke |
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God's patience and mercy on Jonah |
God's patience and mercy on Nineveh and Jonah |
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Galilee? - Jaffa |
The Mediterranean Sea |
The Assyrian capital city of Nineveh |
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ca. 762 |
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TIME LINE BC
---------------------------------------ASSYRIAN EMPIRE--------------------------------
------------------------------Divided Kingdoms of Israel and Judah---------------Judah----
765________762 ____ _740_ _737_____ _722____
Plague Jonah's commissioning Assyria Assyria
decimates mission of the Prophet conquers conquers
Nineveh to Nineveh Isaiah the Galilee = Israel =
Exile of Naphtali Exile of the
and Zebulun remaining tribes
(ca.40 yrs. after Jonah's mission)
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