jonah <2KI14 -25> He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant {Jonah}, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which [was] of Ga thhepher. jonah Now the word of the LORD came unto {Jonah} the son of Amittai, saying, jonah 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. jonah Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that [were] in the ship into the sea, to lighten [it] of them. But {Jonah} was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. jonah And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil [is] upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon {Jonah}. jonah So they took up {Jonah}, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. jonah Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And {Jonah} was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. jonah Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up {Jonah}. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. jonah Then {Jonah} prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, jonah And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out {Jonah} upon the dry [land]. jonah And the word of the LORD came unto {Jonah} the second time, saying, jonah So {Jonah} arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. jonah And {Jonah} began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. jonah But it displeased {Jonah} exceedingly, and he was very angry. jonah So {Jonah} went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. jonah And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made [it] to come up over {Jonah}, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. jonah And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made [it] to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So {Jonah} was exceeding glad of the gourd. jonah And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of {Jonah}, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, [It is] better for me to die than to live. jonah And God said to {Jonah}, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, [even] unto death. ~~~~~~