Chapter 1
What natural phenomena occurred while Jonah was on the boat?
A storm
What did Jonah do first when he was swallowed up by the fish?
He prayed.
How long did it take Jonah to reach Nineveh?
3 days journey
Was Jonah pleased that God had forgiven Nineveh?
No
Which city did God command Jonah to go to?
Nineveh
Jonah was at the bottom of the ship during the storm, what was he doing there?
Sleeping
What happens after Jonah’s prayer?
The Lord commands the fish, and it vomits Jonah onto dry land.
Did God still destroy Nineveh? Why or why not?
No, He did not. They turned away from their evil ways.
East
True or False
Jonah was a Hebrew
True
How long was Jonah in the belly of the fish?
3 days and 3 nights
What does Jonah declare about salvation?
He declares that salvation comes from the Lord.
What did the Ninevites do in repentance?
Put on sackcloth and fast
What are 2 descriptions Jonah made of God?
“you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster.”
What was requested by Jonah, when the men got increasingly afraid due to the intensity of the storm?
He requested to be thrown overboard.
What did the shipmasters do in order find who caused this evil upon them?
Cast lots
What does Jonah say about his relationship with God during his prayer?
He acknowledges that he was driven away from God’s sight but expresses hope to once again look upon God’s holy temple.
What did the King of when he heard of the warning from God?
He put on a sackcloth and sat in ashes. He published a proclamation all through Nineveh.
What did God prepare for Jonah as shade? What happened to it? What happened after? What was Jonah's response?
A gourd
God prepared a worm to destroy it
God sent a strong east wind and the sun was extremely hot.
Jonah wished to die.
Where did Jonah intend on fleeing to instead of following God’s order?
Tarshish
What two things did the men do after the sea calmed?
Offered a sacrifice to the Lord and Made Vows
Finish the line:
“I am cast out of thy sight, yet I will look again toward….
Thy holy temple"
What did the proclamation say?
“By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. Let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version
What questions did God say to Jonah?
Jonah 4:10-11- "Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?"
Who was Jonah’s father?
Amati