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? 191 different country from Syria. It extended from north of Babylon to the borders of Armenia and its eastern frontier touched Kurdistan; on the west it comprised a part of the territory lying off the west of the Tigris part of modern Mesopotamia. Once it was a powerful state with Assyria as its capital lying sixty miles in the north of Mosul― it is now known as Kalaat Sharjat. But some 13 centuries before Christ, the capital was shifted from this place to Nineveh. European scholars are divided in their opinion about Jonah being a prophet of Israel or of non- Israel origin). “And I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them. ” "Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto Thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not; for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. Wherefore they cried unto the Lord, and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee. So they took up Jonah,