The story of Jonah and the "Whale" is one of the most famous and retold stories in the Bible. It tells of the prophet Jonah, a fisherman who gets swallowed whole by a great fish. The story goes that Jonah was fleeing God when God called upon Jonah to proclaim judgment to Ninevah, the capital of the Assyrian empire. Jonah did not want to relay the message from God to the people of Ninevah, so he fled to Joppa.
[...] Jonah and the Whale The story of Jonah and the is one of the most famous and retold stories in the Bible. It tells of the prophet Jonah, a fisherman who gets swallowed whole by a great fish. The story goes that Jonah was fleeing God when God called upon Jonah to proclaim judgment to Ninevah, the capital of the Assyrian empire. Jonah did not want to relay the message from God to the people of Ninevah, so he fled to Joppa. [...]
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