Jonah 3:6

For when the matter came to the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, and put off his mantle and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

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In The King James Version

For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

In Context

5And the men of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

7And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water.

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Cross References

Job 2:8And he took a potsherd to scrape himself withal, and sat down among the ashes.

Psalms 2:10Be wise, therefore, O ye kings! Be admonished, ye rulers of the earth!

Jeremiah 13:18Say to the king and to the queen, Sit ye down upon the ground, For your beautiful crown shall fall from your heads.

Lamentations 3:29That he put his mouth in the dust, [[saying to himself,]] “Perhaps there may be hope!”

Daniel 9:3And I set my face toward God, the Lord, and made prayers and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

Matthew Henry on Jonah 3:6-10

Nineveh's Repentance. ( b. c. 840.) 5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. 6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not… Read the whole commentary →

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