Jonah 1:3

But Jonah left and ran away to Tarshish to get away from the Lord. He went to Joppa where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He paid the fare and went on board to sail to Tarshish in order to get away from the Lord.

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In The King James Version

But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

In Context

2“Go immediately to the great city of Nineveh and condemn it because I have seen the wickedness of its people.”

4But the Lord sent a terrible wind across the sea, creating a violent storm that threatened to break up the ship.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:8Later they heard the Lord walking in the garden in the evening when the breeze was blowing. Adam and Eve went and hid out of sight of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

Exodus 4:13“Please, Lord, send someone else!” Moses responded.

1 Kings 19:3Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he arrived in Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there

2 Chronicles 2:15Now my lord, please send to us his servants the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he spoke about.

2 Chronicles 9:21The king had a fleet of ships from Tarshish crewed by Hiram's sailors. Once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive with a cargo of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

Job 2:7Then Satan left the Lord's presence and inflicted Job with horrible skin sores from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.

Matthew Henry on Jonah 1:2-4

Jonah This book of Jonah, though it be placed here in the midst of the prophetical books of scripture, is yet rather a history than a prophecy; one line of prediction there is in it, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown; the rest of the book is a narrative of the preface to and the consequences of that prediction. In the midst of the obscure prophecies before and after this book, wherein are many things dark and hard to be understood, which are puzzling to the learned, and are strong meat for strong… Read the whole commentary →

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