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=What does the Bible say?= | =What does the Bible say?= | ||
[[Image:Map Nineveh.png|thumb|250px|right|Jonah's journey to Nineveh]] | |||
Does the Bible tell us who the God of Nineveh was? Do we know where Nineveh was located? | Does the Bible tell us who the God of Nineveh was? Do we know where Nineveh was located? | ||
==Where was Nineveh located?== | ==Where was Nineveh located?== | ||
Nineveh was founded by Nimrod (Asshur), as the marginal reading of Gen. 10:11 states, and was situated on the eastern bank of the river Tigris, opposite the modern town of Mosul. It was about 250 miles in a direct line north of the rival city of Babylon. | Nineveh was founded by Nimrod (Asshur), as the marginal reading of Gen. 10:11 states, and was situated on the eastern bank of the river Tigris, opposite the modern town of Mosul. It was about 250 miles in a direct line north of the rival city of Babylon. | ||
When Nineveh became the capital of Assyria is not definitely known, but it is generally believed it was during the reign of Sennacherib. The prophecies of the books of Jonah and Nahum are chiefly directed against this city. The latter prophet indicates the mode of its capture. Nah. 1:8; 2:6, 8; 3:18. Nineveh was the capital of Assyria during the height of the grandeur of that empire, and in the time of Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, and Assurbanipal. It was besieged for two years by the combined forces of the Medes and Babylonians, was captured, and finally destroyed B. C. 606.<ref>Philip Schaff, ed., A Dictionary of the Bible: Including Biography, Natural History, Geography, Topography, Archæology, and Literature (Philadelphia; New York; Chicago: American Sunday-School Union, 1880), 614.</ref> | When Nineveh became the capital of Assyria is not definitely known, but it is generally believed it was during the reign of Sennacherib. The prophecies of the books of Jonah and Nahum are chiefly directed against this city. The latter prophet indicates the mode of its capture. Nah. 1:8; 2:6, 8; 3:18. Nineveh was the capital of Assyria during the height of the grandeur of that empire, and in the time of Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, and Assurbanipal. It was besieged for two years by the combined forces of the Medes and Babylonians, was captured, and finally destroyed B. C. 606.<ref>Philip Schaff, ed., A Dictionary of the Bible: Including Biography, Natural History, Geography, Topography, Archæology, and Literature (Philadelphia; New York; Chicago: American Sunday-School Union, 1880), 614.</ref> | ||
We can conclude that Nineveh was located on a river and was hundreds of miles from any ocean. Why did William Branham the prophet not know that? | |||
==Was the God of Nineveh a "Whale-God"== | ==Was the God of Nineveh a "Whale-God"== | ||