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==Was the God of Nineveh a "Whale-God"== | ==Was the God of Nineveh a "Whale-God"== | ||
[[Image:Nisroch.png|thumb|250px|right|Nisroch, the god of Nineveh]] | [[Image:Nisroch.png|thumb|250px|right|Nisroch, the god of Nineveh]] | ||
The Bible is clear who the god of Nineveh was | The Bible is clear who the god of Nineveh was. | ||
Nisroch was the god of King Sennacherib, in whose temple at Nineveh the king was assassinated by Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons (see 2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38). Nisroch was the city god of Nineveh, the chief capital of the Assyrian Empire; scholars speculated that he was perhaps identical with the Assyrian god Nusku.<ref>Walter A. Elwell and Barry J. Beitzel, “Nisroch,” Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1988), 1556–1557.</ref> | Nisroch was the god of King Sennacherib, in whose temple at Nineveh the king was assassinated by Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons (see 2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38). Nisroch was the city god of Nineveh, the chief capital of the Assyrian Empire; scholars speculated that he was perhaps identical with the Assyrian god Nusku.<ref>Walter A. Elwell and Barry J. Beitzel, “Nisroch,” Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1988), 1556–1557.</ref> | ||
Why did William Branham insist on saying that the god of Nineveh was a "whale god"? Did he just make it up? | |||
=Quotes of William Branham= | =Quotes of William Branham= | ||