Minor Prophets

JonahMinor Prophets 06

Judah

Israel800 BC 700 BC 600 BC 500 BC 400 BC

Joel?Micah

Nahum

Jonah

Amos

Hosea Zephaniah

Habakkuk

The Divided Kingdom

The Fading

Kingdom

The Kingdom in Exile

Obadiah

The Subjugated Kingdom

Haggai

Malachi

Zechariah

Judah

Israel800 BC 700 BC 600 BC 500 BC 400 BC

Jonah

Amos

Hosea

The Divided Kingdom

Jehoram849-842

Jehoram853-842

Ahaziah842

Jehu842-815

Athaliah842-837

Joash837-800

Amaziah800-783

Uzziah783-742

Jehoahaz815-802

Joash802-786

Jeroboam II786-746

JUD

AH

ISR

AEL

Jehoram849-842

Jehoram853-842

Ahaziah842

Jehu842-815

Athaliah842-837

Joash837-800

Amaziah800-783

Uzziah783-742

Jehoahaz815-802

Joash802-786

Jeroboam II786-746

ISR

AEL 2 Kings 14:23-28

 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin.

Jehoram849-842

Jehoram853-842

Ahaziah842

Jehu842-815

Athaliah842-837

Joash837-800

Amaziah800-783

Uzziah783-742

Jehoahaz815-802

Joash802-786

Jeroboam II786-746

ISR

AEL 2 Kings 14:23-28

 He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.

1) Time of Jonah’s Life

2) Where Jonah lived

Gath-Hepher

Israel

Judah

Sea of Galilee

Jezre’el Valley

Jezre’el

To Samaria

Gath-Hepher

Jonah 1.1-3

11 Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.”  3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went on board, to go with them to

Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.

Nineveh!

Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey in breadth.

“And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left?”

JonahA. The Word of the Lord, pt. 1 (chapters 1-2)

1. Jonah flees to Spain 1a. The Lord’s Message 1.1-2b. Jonah runs 1.3c. The sailors fear the Lord 1.4-16d. The Lord appoints a fish 1.17

2. The Prayer of Jonah— “you brought up my life from the pit” 2

B. The Word of the Lord, pt. 2 (chapters 3-4)

1. Jonah goes to Nineveh   3a. The Lord’s Message 3.1-2b. Jonah preaches 3.3-4c. The Ninevites believe the Lord 3.5-9d. The Lord relents 3.10

2. The Prayer of Jonah— “it is better for me to die than to live” 4.1-3

3. The Lord appoints a plant, a worm, and a Wind 4.4-84. “Do you do well?” 4.9-11

We can easily understand the events of the Book of Jonah; but what does it mean?

Why was it written down and included in the Scriptures?

Possible Ways of “reading” the book:

• History

• Parable

• Allegory

• Prophecy

What we know by reading the book:

• Jonah was a historical prophet, and the events of the

narrative are all legitimately possible

• Jonah is called to leave his land and go out into the

world to a nation he feared and despised

• The Lord is God in those other places; people are

responsible to Him and all things are under His control

• The peoples of those lands are more responsive to

God than His own prophet

The final question:

• “Do you do well?”

Judah

Israel800 BC 700 BC 600 BC 500 BC 400 BC

Micah

Nahum

Zephaniah

Habakkuk

The Fading

Kingdom

The Subjugated Kingdom

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