Most of us are familiar with the plot: God tells Jonah to go to the great Assyrian city of Nineveh and cry out to ... in the opposite direction for Tarshish (possibly Carthage in today’s Tunis).

is asked to go to Nineveh and tell the people there, “If they do not repent, God will destroy their city.” Jonah decides to run away to Tarshish on a boat. While on the ship, other people ...

When Jonah entered the great city of Nineveh, he called the whole city ... That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and ...