Overview of the Book of Jonah
Notes
Transcript
Solomon’s
Kingdom
Northern & Southern
Kingdoms
Jeroboam II:
Son of Jehoash;
ruled for 41 years
(longest of the
Northern Kings);
about 140 years
after the split;
ruled at the same
time of Uzziah in
the Judah.
Jonah’s Times
1. See 2 Kings 14:25-28
2. Jonah’s Prophetic Contemporaries: Amos, Hosea, Joel;
for Judah, we have Isaiah’s early ministry and Micah.
3. Amos railed against the social injustice taking place
during the seasons of prosperity: 2:6-8; 4:1-3; 5:10-12;
6:4-7;
8:4-6
4. Hosea railed against Israel’s backsliding: 4:16; 11:7;
14:4
5. Jonah’s story is metaphor of Israel’s hardness toward
the LORD
