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Jonah 1

Jonah 1 — Overview

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Jonah 1 — OverviewJonah 1 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have, I. A command given to Jonah to preach at Nineveh, ver. 1, 2. II. Jonah's disobedience to that command, ver. 3. III. The pursuit and arrest of him for that disobedience by a storm, in…Jonah 1 — OverviewJonah 1 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis book, in the Hebrew copies, is called "Sepher Jonah", the Book of Jonah; by the Vulgate Latin version "the Prophecy of Jonah": and in the Syriac version "the Prophecy of the Prophet Jonah". His name signifies a…Jonah 1:1-3Jonah 1:1-3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleObserve, 1. The honour God put upon Jonah, in giving him a commission to go and prophesy against Nineveh. Jonah signifies a dove, a proper name for all God's prophets, all his people, who ought to be harmless…Jonah 1:1Jonah 1:1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJonah: 2 Kings 14:25; Matthew 12:39, Matthew 16:4; Luke 11:29-30, Luke 11:32, JonasJonah 1:2Jonah 1:2 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeNineveh: Jonah 3:2, Jonah 4:11; Genesis 10:11; 2 Kings 19:36; Nahum 1:1, 2:1-3:19; Zephaniah 2:13-15 cry: Jonah 3:2; Isaiah 58:1; Jeremiah 1:7-10; Ezekiel 2:7, Ezekiel 3:5-9; Micah 3:8; Matthew 10:18 for: Genesis…Jonah 1:2Jonah 1:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleArise, go to Nineveh, that great city,.... That is, arise from the place where he was, and leave the business he was about, and prepare for a long journey to the place mentioned, and be as expeditious in it as possible.…