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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jonah 3:7

nobles = great. ones. man. Hebrew ' adam . App-14 . herd nor flock. See note on "that great city", Jonah 3:2 , and "much cattle", Jonah 4:11 , 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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jonah 3:7

"And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water."We shall not bother with noting various and sundry objections as to how Jonah might have known certain words used in this passage, such as robe, decree, etc. Jonah was an eyewitness of what he described in this passage; and the various unusual words used entered his vocabulary upon the same... 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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jonah 3:7

Jonah 3:7. Let neither man nor beast—taste any thing— This was carrying their abstinence to a greater severity than what we find practised among the Jews; for though in times of public calamity, and on the day of solemn expiation, we find that they made their children fast, as we may gather from Joel 2:16.; yet we nowhere read of their extending that rigour to their cattle. Virgil indeed, in his fifth eclogue, brings in a shepherd telling his companion, that for the death of Julius Caesar the... 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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jonah 3:7

7. neither . . . beast . . . taste any thing—The brute creatures share in the evil effects of man's sin (Jonah 4:11; Romans 8:20; Romans 8:22); so they here according to Eastern custom, are made to share in man's outward indications of humiliation. "When the Persian general Masistias was slain, the horses and mules of the Persians were shorn, as well as themselves" [NEWCOME from PLUTARCH; also HERODOTUS, 9.24]. 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jonah 3:7

This verse further describes how seriously the king and his nobles regarded their situation and to what extent they went to encourage citywide contrition. They did not regard their animals as needing to humble themselves but viewed them as expressing the spirit of their owners. read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jonah 3:7

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jonah 3:6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jonah 3:7

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

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jonah 3:7

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

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jonah 3:7

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

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jonah 3:7

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