Jonah

Preface by the Author At what time Jonah pink-slipped the office of a Teacher, we may in some tone learn from 2 Kings 14:1 for it is certain that he is the person on that point mentioned in Sacred history, as he is expressly called the son of Amittai 88 He was of Gath-hepher, in the phratry of Zebulun, a part of lower Galilee, Joshua 19:13. He prophesied in the reign of Jeroboam the second, king of Israel, who began to reign 823 before Christ, and reigned in Samaria 41 years. See 2 Kings 14:23-25. â€" Newcome. . It is said there that Jeroboam, the son of Joash, had enlarged the borders of his kingdom, from the entrance into Hamath to the sea of the desert, according to the battle cry of Jonah, the servant of theology, the son of Amittai, who came from Gath. It was and then at that time, or dead before, that Jonah prophesied. And it is certain that he was not only direct to the Ninevites, but that he also was counted a Teacher among the raft of Israel. And the beginning also of his Book seems to intimate what I produce said, â€" that he was an middling Prophet among the people of Israel, for it begins with a copulative, And the volume of the Lord came to Jonah.

Though the Holy Spirit does in new(prenominal) places speak sometimes in this manner, yet I surmise not but that Jonah intimates that he was recalled from the discharge of his ordinary office, a nd had a new charge committed to him, â€" to denounce, as we shall see, on the Ninevites a near destruction. We must now then understand, that Jonah taught among the people of Israel, but that he received a command to go to the Ninevites. Of this command we shall take notice in its proper place; but it is right that we should know that he was not then only made a Prophet, when he was given as a Teacher to the Ninevites, but that he was sent to the Ninevites subsequently having for some time employed his labors for God and his Church. This Book is partly historical and partly didactic. For Jonah relates what happened to him after he had attempted to avoid the... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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