Jonah 3:3 — So Jonah went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh w… — AMP | maBible
Read Jonah 3:3 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Jonah 3.3, Jonah 3v3, Jon. 3:3. So Jonah went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk [about sixty miles in circumference].
Other reference formats: Jonah 3.3, Jonah 3v3, Jon. 3:3.
3 So Jonah went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk [about sixty miles in circumference].
Notes and references
It is usually assumed that the “three days’ walk” was the distance equal to the circumference of the walled city, but it would also include the open fields, farms, and villages that would have been considered the territory of Nineveh. In fact, a significant portion of what was considered an ancient…