Read Jonah 1:3 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Jonah 1.3, Jonah 1v3, Jon. 1:3. But Jonah ran away to Tarshish to escape from the presence of the Lord [and his duty as His prophet]. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish [the most remote of…
Other reference formats: Jonah 1.3, Jonah 1v3, Jon. 1:3.
3 But Jonah ran away to Tarshish to escape from the presence of the Lord [and his duty as His prophet]. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish [the most remote of the Phoenician trading cities]. So he paid the fare and went down into the ship to go with them to Tarshish away from the presence of the Lord. [Gen 4:16; Job 1:12; 2:7]