What is the book of Jonah about?

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The book of Jonah is a short narrative about the prophet Jonah and sits in the minor prophets; it has 4 chapters in the King James Version.

Jonah is traditionally attributed to Jonah. Jonah recounts how the prophet is sent to Nineveh, flees by ship, is thrown overboard and swallowed by a great fish, and afterwards preaches to the city, which repents. A well-known passage from this book is Jonah 1:17. Read the full book at Jonah.

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