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Jonah the son of Amittai or Jonas ( , ) was a Jewish prophet from Gath-hepher in the Northern Kingdom of Israel around the 8th century BCE according to the Hebrew Bible. He is the central figure of the Book of Jonah, one of the minor prophets, which details his reluctance in delivering the judgment of God to the city of Nineveh (near present-day Mosul) in the Neo-Assyrian Empire. After he is swallowed by a large sea creature () and then released, he returns to the divine mission.
Jonah was an 8th-century Jewish prophet from the Northern Kingdom of Israel who became the central figure of the Book of Jonah, one of the Hebrew Bible's minor prophets. The book tells how Jonah reluctantly resisted God's command to deliver judgment to the city of Nineveh, was swallowed by a sea creature, and eventually returned to complete his divine mission.
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- Saint.name
- Jonah
- Saint.image
- Dore jonah.jpg
- Saint.imagesize
- 270
- Saint.caption
- Jonah Preaching to the Ninevites (1866) by Gustave Doré, in La Grande Bible de Tours
- Saint.titles
- Prophet
- Saint.birth_date
- 9th century BCE
- Saint.birth_place
- Gath-hepher, Kingdom of Israel
- Saint.death_date
- 8th century BCE
- Saint.feast_day
- 21 September (Catholicism)
- Saint.major_shrine
- Tomb of Jonah (destroyed), Mosul, Iraq
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- JudaismChristianityIslamBaháʼí FaithRastafari
- Person.embed
- yes
- Person.father
- Amittai
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- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Israel
- Place of birth
- Gath-hepher
- Place of death
- Nineveh
- Mother
- Widow of Zarephath
- Occupation
- preacher
- Position held
- prophet
- Languages spoken
- Biblical Hebrew
- Religion
- Yahwism
- Image
- Sistine jonah.jpg
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- 0823-00-00
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- 0720-00-00
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