Jonah 3:1--4:11
<01697> [the word.]
second <08145> [the second.]
Nineveh <05210> [Nineveh.]
Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, was situated on the eastern bank of the river Tigris, opposite the present Mosul, about 280 miles north of Babylon, 400 N. E. of Damascus, in latitude 36 degrees 20' N. longitude 73 degrees 10' E. It was not only a very ancient, (Ge 10:11,) but also a very great city. Strabo says that it was much larger than Babylon, the circuit of which he estimates at 385 furlongs; and, according to Diodorus Siculus, it was an oblong parallelogram, extending 150 furlongs in length, 90 in breadth, and 480 in circumference, i.e., about 20 miles long, 12 broad, and 60 in compass. This agrees with the account given here of its being "an exceeding great city of three days' journey," i.e., in circuit; for 20 miles a day was the common computation for a pedestrian. It was surrounded by large walls 100 feet high, so broad that three chariots could drive abreast on them, and defended by 1,500 towers 200 feet in height. See notes on Nahum.
proclaim <07121> [preach.]
immediately <06965> [arose.]
enormous city <01419 05892 0430> [an exceeding great city. Heb. a city great of God. So.]
forty <0705> [Yet.]
believed <0539> [believed.]
declared <07121> [and proclaimed.]
greatest <01419> [from.]
reached <01697> [word.]
got <06965> [and he arose.]
<03680> [and covered.]
proclamation <02199> [caused.]
<0559> [published. Heb. said. nobles. Heb. great men. herd.]
cry <07121> [cry.]
person ................. turn <0120 07725> [let.]
violence <02555> [the violence.]
God saw ............ God <07200 0430> [God saw.]
God ............. God relented <0430 05162> [and God repented.]
prayed <06419> [he prayed.]
escape <01272> [I fled.]
gracious <02587> [thou art.]
abounding <07227> [and of.]
instead <03947> [take.]
rather die <02896 04194> [for.]
really .... angry <03190 02734> [Doest thou well to be angry? or, Art thou greatly angry?]
Jonah <03124> [Jonah.]
see <07200> [till.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
plant ............................... plant <07021> [gourd. or, palmcrist. Heb. Kikajon.]
[QŒyqƒy“wn <\\See definition 07021\\>,] probably the palma Christi, called {kiki,} or {kouki,} by the Egyptians, and {Elkherod} by the Arabs, from which caster oil is extracted. It is as large as the olive tree, has leaves like those of a vine, sometimes as broad as the brim of a hat, and is of very quick growth.
Jonah ................ Jonah <03124> [So.]
him ......... delighted <01419 08055> [was exceeding glad. Heb. rejoiced with great joy.]
sent <04487> [prepared.]
dried <03001> [it withered.]
God <0430> [that God.]
hot <02759> [vehement. or, silent. and the sun.]
despaired <07592> [and wished.]
angry ............ angry <03190 02734> [Doest thou well to be angry? or, Art thou greatly angry?]
angry ............ angry <02734 03190> [I do well to be angry. or, I am greatly angry.]
be <04194> [even.]
upset ..... plant <02347 07021> [had pity on. or, spared. came up in a night. Heb. was the son of the night.]
concerned <02347> [should.]
Nineveh <05210> [Nineveh.]
twenty <08147> [sixscore.]
It is generally calculated that the young children of any place are a fifth of the inhabitants, and consequently the whole population of Nineveh would amount to about 600,000; which is very inferior to that of London and Paris, though they occupy not one quarter of the ground. In eastern cities there are large vacant spaces for gardens and pasturages, so that there might be very "much cattle."
know <03045> [that cannot.]
many <07227> [and also.]
