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A King's Humble Example
Commentators are unanimous that the king of Nineveh provides a stunning model of true repentance. The most powerful monarch on earth immediately abandoned his throne and royal robes for sackcloth and ashes. Scholars note this wasn't a reluctant or partial act, but a total, public humbling of himself before God, setting aside all pride and status.
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Jonah
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Albert Barnes
On Jonah 3:6
18th Century
Theologian
For word came - rather, “And the matter came,” that is, the “whole account,” as we say. “The word, word,” throughout Holy Scripture, as in s…
Charles Ellicott
On Jonah 3:6
19th Century
Bishop
For word came. —Rather, And the matter reached. The Authorized Version treats the royal edict that follows as the same wi…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jonah 3:5–9
19th Century
Preacher
Note that the only message they had heard was a prophecy of impending judgment. God had sent his servant to warn them of the coming destruction; an…
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John Calvin
On Jonah 3:6–8
16th Century
Theologian
It is uncertain whether Jonah had preached for some days in the city before it was known to the king. This is indeed the common opinion, for interp…
John Gill
On Jonah 3:6
17th Century
Pastor
For word came to the king of Nineveh
Who was not Sardanapalus, a very dissolute prince, and abandoned to his lusts…
Matthew Henry
On Jonah 3:5–10
17th Century
Minister
There was a wonder of Divine grace in the repentance and reformation of Nineveh. It condemns the people of the gospel generation ([Reference Matthe…