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The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:1-17

Part I. THE MISSION OF JONAH . HIS DISOBEDIENCE AND PUNISHMENT . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:2

Nineveh , the capital of the kingdom of Assyria, is first mentioned in Genesis 10:11 , as founded by Nimrod. It stood on the left bank of the river Tigris, where it is joined by the Khosr, opposite to the present town of Mosul. The Assyrians had already become known in Syria. In B.C. 854 Shal-maneser II . had defeated at Karkar twelve kings confederate against him, among whom is reckoned Ahab King of Israel. Long before his time, Tiglath-Pileser I. had made a great expedition to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:2

A city's sin. By its very nature sin is individual, personal; for it is the estrangement of the spiritual being and life from God. Yet, as men live in communities, and as these communities possess moral qualities and habits determined by the character of the component units, there is such a thing as the sin of a tribe, of a city of a nation. This is more obvious when it is remembered that states are personified in their rulers and representatives, whose words and actions must be taken as... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jonah 1:2

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city - The Assyrian history, as far as it has yet been discovered, is very bare of events in regard to this period. We have as yet the names of three kings only for 150 years. But Assyria, as far as we know its history, was in its meridian. Just before the time of Jonah, perhaps ending in it, were the victorious reigns of Shalmanubar and Shamasiva; after him was that of Ivalush or Pul, the first aggressor upon Israel. It is clear that this was a time Of Assyrian... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jonah 1:1-2

Jonah 1:1-2. Now the word of the Lord An impulse or revelation from the Lord, significative of his will; came unto Jonah, the son of Amittai Of whom see 2 Kings 14:25. It is probable he had been before acquainted with the word of the Lord, and knew his voice from that of a stranger. Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city The capital of the Assyrian empire: see notes on Jonah 3:3; Jonah 4:11; and Nahum 1:1; Nahum 3:18. And cry Proclaim as a prophet, against it Or concerning it. He... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jonah 1:1-17

1:1-17 JONAH’S DISOBEDIENCE AND ITS RESULTSWhen God commanded Jonah to go and warn the sinful people of Nineveh of coming judgment, Jonah not only refused but fled in the opposite direction. He boarded a ship and headed for the distant Mediterranean port of Tarshish, somewhere in the region of Spain (1:1-3). But God determined to bring Jonah back. His first action was to send a fierce storm that threatened to sink the ship. The seamen, who were not Hebrews, prayed to their gods to save them,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jonah 1:2

Arise, go. Contrast "rose up to flee" (Jonah 1:3 ). Nineveh. Op. Genesis 10:11 , Genesis 10:12 . Mentioned again in Jon 8:2 , Jon 8:3 ; Jonah 4:11 . The capital of Assyria, on the left bank of the Tigris. Called first Nina, from the patron goddess of the city; of Babylonian origin; founded by a colony from Nina in South Babylonia (see Records of the Past, vol. iv, part ii, p. 61). Khammurabi, 1915 B.C. (on Companion Bible dating), code iv, pp. 60-62, spells it Ni-nu-a. Excavations reveal... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jonah 1:2

"Arise, go to Nineveh that great city, and cry against it, for their wickedness is come up before me."As Myers noted, "This command points to the prophetic conception of the Lord as the Ruler and Controller of all history, who had power over Nineveh just as he had over Jerusalem."[9]This verse also shows that God is angry with wickedness. The present day conception of God as a mild, indulgent father-image of one who loves everybody no matter what they do, and as one who will never actually... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jonah 1:2

Jonah 1:2. Go to Nineveh—and cry against it— Or preach. It means the same as to prophesy; and therefore Houbigant so renders it. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jonah 1:2

2. to Nineveh—east of the Tigris, opposite the modern Mosul. The only case of a prophet being sent to the heathen. Jonah, however, is sent to Nineveh, not solely for Nineveh's good, but also to shame Israel, by the fact of a heathen city repenting at the first preaching of a single stranger, Jonah, whereas God's people will not repent, though preached to by their many national prophets, late and early. Nineveh means "the residence of Ninus," that is, Nimrod. :-, where the translation ought to... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 1:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jonah 1:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jonah 1:1-2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jonah 1:1-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jonah 1:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jonah 1:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jonah 1:2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jonah 1:2

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