16 at this the men greatly feared the lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the lord and made vows to him. Jonah the son of amittai or jonas (hebrew 1 now the word of the lord came to jonah son of amittai, saying, 2 “get up Go to the great city of nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” Jonah (flourished 785 bce) was one of the 12 minor prophets in the hebrew bible and christian old testament His narrative is part of a larger book, the twelve, in the jewish canon, and stands alone as the book of jonah in christian scripture.
He was the earliest of the prophets and close behind elisha in his place in the old testament. Read the book of jonah online Scripture chapters verses with full summary, commentary meaning, and concordances for bible study. His narrative is read in the synagogue on yom kippur, the holiest day of the year.
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