JONAH—NOTE ON Jonah 1:2 Nineveh was on the east bank of the Tigris River, more than 500 miles (805 km) northeast of Israel. Great is used 14 times in Jonah. Nineveh was an important city (see Jonah 3:3). evil. The Ninevites were evil, and they were headed for disaster (see esv footnote).

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