Book Of Jonah Background

In various english translations the name has been given as jonas jona and jonah.

Book of jonah background. In the half century during which the prophet jonah ministered 800 750 b c a significant event affected the northern kingdom of israel. However these critics ignore several historical accounts that conflict with the post exilic hypothesis. Nelson s nkjv study bible the name jonah means dove his commission as recorded in the book of jonah the fifth of the minor prophets was to convey a message from god to the assyrian capital of nineveh.

Jonah is not the namesake of impaired wisdom or imperfect courage but of cowardice and resentment. Jonah is mentioned in 11 kings 14 25. During his prayer he was alone jonah 2 1 9 we hear the story about his anger which shows not only his weaknesses but also details during an event nobody else witnessed jonah 4 1 11 and he is the only who knows about the fish and his second call jonah 1 17 3 1.

The book of jonah is about an event that jesus said took place in history. The book of jonah is a book of the nevi im in the hebrew bible. Who is jonah in the bible.

King jeroboam ii 793 753 restored her traditional borders ending almost a century of sporadic seesaw conflict between israel and damascus. This was a time when assyria was not a threat to israel. The prophet s name means dove and is rendered ιωνᾶς and jonas in the septuagint and vulgate.

This was a time when the assyrian empire was reaching its most powerful. Jonah lived and ministered in israel during the 8th century bc during the reign of king jeroboam ii 2 kings 14 23 29. Jonah is identified as a prophet and servant of god during the reign of king jeroboam ii of israel 2 kings 14 24 25 between 792 and 753 b c.

The lord called jonah to go to the great assyrian city of nineveh to pronounce judgment on it. It tells of a hebrew prophet named jonah son of amittai who is sent by god to prophesy the destruction of nineveh but tries to escape the divine mission. The man jonah was the main character of the book he was the son of amittai jonah 1 1 and a native of gathhepher which was a city of the tribe of zebulun in the northern galilee region.