Jonah 1
Where was Jonah supposed to preach about God?
Ninevah (Ch 1:2)
What did Jonah do when he was inside the fish?
He prayed. (Ch 2:1)
What did Jonah do when the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time?
He got up and went to Nineveh. (Ch 3:3)
What did Jonah feel when God relented and did not destroy Nineveh?
Furious (Ch 4:1)
What type of fish swallowed Jonah and for how long was he inside?
A great fish swallowed Jonah.
He was in the belly for three days and three nights. (Ch 1:17)
What do those who cherish idols do?
Abandon their faithful love. (Ch 2:8)
What was required for the people and animals in Nineveh to be covered with?
Sackcloth (Ch 3:8)
What did God provide when Jonah sat down at a place east of the city?
A plant. (Ch 4:6)
What was Jonah doing when the storm threatened to break apart?
He was in a deep sleep in the lowest part of the vessel. (Ch 1:5)
Fill in the blanks (ESV): "And I said, "I have been _______ from your sight, yet I will look _______ more toward your ______ ________."
Banished, once, Holy Temple (Ch 2:4)
Jonah began by going on a day’s journey into the city. In how many days will this city be demolished?
40 days (Ch 3:4)
What did Jonah request God to do to him?
To take away his life because he thought it was better to die than to live. (Ch 4:3)
What did the sailors do to calm the sea?
They took Jonah and threw him into the sea. (Ch 1:15)
What does Jonah acknowledge comes from the Lord.
Salvation (Ch 2:9)
When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, what did the king do?
He took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes. (Ch 3:6)
What was the main reason Jonah ran away from God in the first place?
He knew that God was gracious and compassionate, and that He would relent from sending disaster to the people of Nineveh. (Ch 4:2)
When the sea stopped its raging, how did the men react?
They feared the LORD greatly, offered a sacrifice, and made vows. (Ch 1:16)
What happened after Jonah ended his prayer?
The LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto land. (Ch 2:10)
What did the King hope their actions would accomplish?
God may turn and relent from his burning anger so they would not perish. (Ch 3:9)
What was the Lord’s response when Jonah was angry the plant that died overnight?
But the Lord said, “You cared about this plant, which you did not labor over and did not grow. It appeared in a night and perished in a night. So may I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than a hundred twenty thousand people who cannot distinguish between their right and their left, as well as many animals?" (Ch 4:10-11)