Places in the Story
This is the city God originally told Jonah to go to, which was the capital of the Assyrian Empire.
Nineveh
This is the specific creature God "appointed" to swallow Jonah.
A great fish (or a whale)
Jonah spent this many days and nights inside the belly of the great fish.
3 days and 3 nights
After Jonah preached, the people of Nineveh did this to show they were sorry for their sins.
They repented (they fasted and wore sackcloth and ashes)
To give Jonah shade while he watched the city, God provided this type of fast-growing plant.
a gourd or vine
Jonah boarded a ship heading for this city to get as far away from God as possible.
Tarshish
While inside the fish, Jonah did this, which takes up the entirety of Chapter 2.
He prayed to God
In how many days did Jonah warn the city that God would destroy them if they did not repent?
40 days
Jonah’s sermon in Nineveh was remarkably short, consisting of only this many words in the original Hebrew.
5 words (“Od arba’im yom ve-Ninueh nehpakhet” or "Yet forty days Nineveh [shall be] overturned!")
According to the text, it took this many days to walk across the "exceedingly great city" of Nineveh.
3 days
To stop the violent storm, the sailors eventually threw Jonah where.
Into the sea, or into the Mediterranean
This is how Jonah eventually got out of the fish and onto dry land.
The fish vomited him out
The book of Jonah ends with God questioning Jonah about Jonah not wanting him to show mercy on the great population of Nineveh. God mentions that about how many people lived in the city?
120,000 people
This was Jonah’s emotional reaction when God decided to spare the city of Nineveh.
He was angry (or displeased)
The day after the plant grew, God sent this creature to attack the plant and make it wither.
a worm