SUMMARY OF THE BOOK OF JONAH
| BIBLICAL PERIOD | #7 THE DIVIDED KINGDOM | ||||||
| FOCUS | Prophetic mission announced | Prophetic mission rejected | Prophetic mission accepted | ||||
| THE COVENANT | THE SINAI COVENANT | ||||||
| SCRIPTURE | 1:1 |
1:3 |
1:17 |
2:1 |
2:3 |
3:1 |
4:111:1 |
| DIVISION | Announcement of the mission to the Assyrian Gentiles of Nineveh | Reluctance to accept mission to call Nineveh to repentance | Judgment of Jonah: three days in the belly of the fish | Jonah's attempt to run away | Jonah repents and accepts his mission | Mission to Nineveh: Success Nineveh repents | Temper tantrum over success and God's rebuke |
| TOPIC | God's patience and mercy on Jonah | God' patience and mercy on Nineveh and Jonah | |||||
| LOCATION | Galilee? - Jaffa | The Mediterranean Sea | The Assyrian capital city of Nineveh | ||||
| TIME | c. 762 | ||||||
TIME LINE (BC)
WORLD EMPIRE: ———————————————————Assyria————————————————————————
| —Divided Kingdoms of Israel and Judah— | —Judah— | |||
| 765 BC | 762 BC | 740 BC | 737 BC | 722 BC |
| Plague decimates Nineveh | Jonah's mission to Nineveh | Commissioning of the Prophet Isaiah | Assyria conquers the Galilee:
Exile of Naphtali and Zebulun |
Assyria conquers Israel: Exile of the remaining tribes |
| approximately 40 years after mission | ||||