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# Jonah #
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## Definition: ##
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Jonah was a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament.
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* The book of Jonah tells the story of what happened when God sent Jonah to preach to the people of Nineveh.
* Jonah refused to go to Nineveh and instead got on a ship headed for a Tarshish.
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* God caused a huge storm to overwhelm that ship.
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* He told the men sailing the ship that he wasrunning away from God, and he suggested that they throw him into the sea. When they did the storm stopped.
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* Jonah was swallowed by a huge fish, and he was inside the belly of that fish for three days and nights.
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* After that, Jonah went to Nineveh and preached to the people there, and they turned from their sins.
(Translation suggestions: [How to Translate Names ](en/ta-vol1/translate/man/translate-names ))
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(See also: [disobey ](../other/disobey.md ), [Nineveh ](../other/nineveh.md ), [turn ](../kt/turn.md ))
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## Bible References: ##
* [Jonah 01:1-3 ](en/tn/jon/help/01/01 )
* [Luke 11:29-30 ](en/tn/luk/help/11/29 )
* [Matthew 12:38-40 ](en/tn/mat/help/12/38 )
* [Matthew 16:3-4 ](en/tn/mat/help/16/03 )
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