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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jonah 3:5

people = men. Hebrew pl of 'enosh . App-14 . believed . Heb Aman . App-69 . God. Hebrew. Elohim . App-4 . proclaimed a fast. Professor Rawlings has shown just at this time Nineveh was in a time of trouble, and Assyrian history was "shrouded in darkness for forty years". Hope was given to all the neighbouring countries which were asserting their independence. This explains the readiness of Nineveh to hearken and obey, as was done on another occasion when the prophet of Nineveh declared it... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jonah 3:5

"And the people of Nineveh believed God, and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.""The people of Nineveh believed God ..." Actually, the Hebrew text in this would be better translated "believed in God," according to Barnes, who also made the distinction between the two expressions thus:"To believe God means to believe what God says, to be the truth; to believe in God expresses not belief only, but that belief resting and trusting in... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jonah 3:6

"And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.""The tidings came to the king ..." What tidings? A thorough and accurate account of Jonah's miraculous deliverance, of course."We cannot imagine the people of Nineveh (including the king himself) having been motivated to fasting and cessation of violence and wickedness on the mere cry of impending ruin by a stranger of whom they were totally... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jonah 3:5

Jonah 3:5. So the people of Nineveh believed God— The fame of the wonderful works which God had wrought for the Jews, was spread over the eastern parts of the world. This might induce the Ninevites to hearken to a man of that nation, who came to them as sent from God; especially as he, doubtless, gave them an account of the miraculous circumstances which attended his mission. But certainly a sense of their own guilt, and of their deserving whatever punishment heaven could inflict, was a... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jonah 3:6

Jonah 3:6. For word came unto the king of Nineveh— For word had come, or, For the thing had reached unto, &c. This king most probably was Pul, the father of Sardanapalus, who, dying about the year of the world 3237, might have been upon the throne at the time when Jonah went to Nineveh; for this happened under Jeroboam the second. See Calmet, and Usher. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jonah 3:5

5. believed God—gave credit to Jonah's message from God; thus recognizing Jehovah as the true God. fast . . . sackcloth—In the East outward actions are often used as symbolical expressions of inward feelings. So fasting and clothing in sackcloth were customary in humiliation. Compare in Ahab's case, parallel to that of Nineveh, both receiving a respite on penitence (1 Kings 21:27; 1 Kings 20:31; 1 Kings 20:32; Joel 1:13). from the greatest . . . to the least—The penitence was not partial, but... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jonah 3:6

6. in ashes—emblem of the deepest humiliation (Job 2:8; Ezekiel 27:30). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jonah 3:5

The people repented, apparently after only one day of preaching (Jonah 3:4), because of the message from God that Jonah had brought to them. [Note: See Steven J. Lawson, "The Power of Biblical Preaching: An Expository Study of Jonah 3:1-10," Bibliotheca Sacra 158:631 (July-September 2001):331-46.] Fasting and wearing sackcloth demonstrated self-affliction that reflected an attitude of humility in the ancient Near East (cf. 2 Samuel 3:31; 2 Samuel 3:35; 1 Kings 21:27; Nehemiah 9:1-2; Isaiah... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jonah 3:5-10

B. The Ninevites’ repentance 3:5-10Jonah’s proclamation moved the Ninevites to humble themselves and seek divine mercy."Although Nineveh was not overturned, it did experience a turn around." [Note: Alexander, p. 121.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jonah 3:6

Jonah 3:5 could be a general record of the response of the Ninevites and Jonah 3:6-9 a more detailed account of what happened. Even the king responded by repenting. The king of Nineveh would probably have been the king of Assyria since Nineveh was a leading city of the empire. Similarly King Ahab of Israel was the "king of Samaria" (1 Kings 21:1), King Ahaziah of Israel was the "king of Samaria" (2 Kings 1:3), and King Ben-hadad of Aram was the "king of Damascus" (2 Chronicles 24:23). However... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jonah 3:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jonah 3:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jonah 3:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jonah 3:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jonah 3:6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jonah 3:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jonah 3:6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jonah 3:5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jonah 3:5-10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jonah 3:6

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