Bible Evidence Unearthed at Nineveh!
Dec 28, 2023 12:07:02 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Dec 28, 2023 12:07:02 GMT -5
Bible Evidence Unearthed at Nineveh!
Jonah 3:4 ESV
Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”
Matthew 12:41 ESV /
The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
Isaiah 37:37 ESV /
Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at Nineveh.
Nahum 3:7 ESV /
And all who look at you will shrink from you and say, “Wasted is Nineveh; who will grieve for her?” Where shall I seek comforters for you?
Nahum 2:8 ESV /
Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away. “Halt! Halt!” they cry, but none turns back.
2 Kings 19:36 ESV /
Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went home and lived at Nineveh.
Genesis 10:11 ESV /
From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and
It was the largest city in the world for approximately fifty years until the year 612 BC when, after a bitter period of civil war in Assyria, it was sacked by a coalition of its former subject peoples including the Babylonians, Medes, Persians, Scythians and Cimmerians. The city was never again a political or administrative center, but by Late Antiquity it was the seat of a Christian bishop. It declined relative to Mosul during the Middle Ages and was mostly abandoned by the 13th century AD.
WIKI
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineveh
WIKI
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineveh
Most Christians are familiar with the city of Nineveh as one of the cities that a descendent of Ham, one of Noah's sons built. His name was Nimrod and he also built Babylon.
Other biblical references to Nineveh include the description of the Assyrian invasion of Israel resulting in the deportation of its ten tribe northern kingdom population into exile. Also mentioned is the Assyrian army's failure in taking Jerusalem due to God's angel slaughtering the Assyrian army.
Also, the prophet Jonah is described as being sent to Nineveh to warn the Assyrians of an imminent Godly judgment. Additionally, Jesus mentioned Nineveh in his prophecies.
Other biblical references to Nineveh include the description of the Assyrian invasion of Israel resulting in the deportation of its ten tribe northern kingdom population into exile. Also mentioned is the Assyrian army's failure in taking Jerusalem due to God's angel slaughtering the Assyrian army.
Also, the prophet Jonah is described as being sent to Nineveh to warn the Assyrians of an imminent Godly judgment. Additionally, Jesus mentioned Nineveh in his prophecies.
Jonah 3:4 ESV
Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”
Matthew 12:41 ESV /
The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
Isaiah 37:37 ESV /
Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at Nineveh.
Nahum 3:7 ESV /
And all who look at you will shrink from you and say, “Wasted is Nineveh; who will grieve for her?” Where shall I seek comforters for you?
Nahum 2:8 ESV /
Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away. “Halt! Halt!” they cry, but none turns back.
2 Kings 19:36 ESV /
Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went home and lived at Nineveh.
Genesis 10:11 ESV /
From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and
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