Jonah Overview

Who was Jonah?

Who was Jonah?

· - The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai.

Jonah 1:1 NIV

The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai:

· - 23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. 24 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit. 25 He was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo Hamath to the Dead Sea, in accordance with the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, spoken through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.

2 Kings 14:23–25 NIV

In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit. He was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo Hamath to the Dead Sea, in accordance with the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, spoken through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.

· Jeroboam II – 793-753 B.C.

· Israel History

o 500 year chunks

o Israel in the North

§ David – 1011-971 B.C.

§ Solomon – 971-931 B.C.

§ Israel Divided – 931 B.C.-722 B.C.

§ Assyrian Captivity began in 722 B.C.

· Gath Hepher

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When was it written?

· Difficult to really say

What is the big idea?

· How would we find the big idea?

What are the clues?

· Literary structure

· Contrasting characters

· Expectation and surprise

· Ra’ah

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Jonah 4:1 NIV

But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry.

Jonah 4:2 NIV

He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.

Jonah 4:6 NIV

Then the Lord God provided a leafy plant and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant.

Jonah 1:8 NIV

So they asked him, “Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What kind of work do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?”

Jonah 1:7 NIV

Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.” They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.

Jonah 1:2 NIV

“Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”