Bible Dictionary: Nineveh: Destruction of, Averted

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Jonah 3:10
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do to them; and he did it not.
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Jonah 4:11
And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more then six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
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Library

Jonah
... It suggests that prophecy is conditional; a threatened destruction can be averted
by repentance. ... the God of Israel; the people of Nineveh repent at the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/jonah.htm

"Nineveh, that Great City"
... Their doom was averted, the God of Israel was exalted ... The men of Nineveh," He declared ...
indifference to human suffering, of brutal, fiendish destruction of human ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 22 nineveh that great.htm

1 Timothy v. 15-Nov
... us. If in the days of Jonah the destruction of Nineveh had not been threatened,
that destruction had not been averted. Nineveh would ...
/.../homily xv 1 timothy v.htm

The City of God. Index of Subjects.
... the republic, [731]41;the evils which alone the pagans feared, not averted by,
[732]43, etc.; were they justified in permitting the destruction of Troy? ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books /the city of god index.htm

The Medes and the Second Chaldaean Empire
... borders of Egypt: they are defeated and driven back by Cyaxares"The last kings of
Nineveh and Naliopolassar"Taking and, destruction of Nineveh: division of ...
/.../chapter iiithe medes and the.htm

The Allies of the Tempter.
... the same Circean cup through the halls of Nineveh and Babylon ... long train of those
who stumble to destruction and reel ... has no surer ally than the averted face of ...
/.../chapin/humanity in the city/discourse vi the allies of.htm

Sargon of Assyria (722-705 BC )
... submission had saved this city from destruction in the ... treasures of his palace, was
carried away to Nineveh. ... a danger been so ably or so courageously averted. ...
/.../chapter iiisargon of assyria 722-705.htm

And ii.
... This reminds us forcibly of the mode in which, in the prophecies of our Lord, the
references to the destruction of Jerusalem, and to the last judgment, are ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/chap i and ii.htm

The Power of Assyria at Its Zenith; Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal
... Having thus averted the Cimmerian danger, he was able ... and to have curried favour
with Nineveh; but the ... for the space of ten years, destruction and desolation ...
/.../chapter iithe power of assyria 2.htm

The Assyrian Revival and the Struggle for Syria
... on any of the rest such a defeat as would end in its destruction. ... The revenues gleaned
from these conquests would swell the treasury at Nineveh, the native ...
/.../chapter ithe assyrian revival and.htm

Subtopics

Nineveh

Nineveh: Called the Bloody City

Nineveh: Capitol of the Assyrian Empire

Nineveh: Commercial

Nineveh: Contained a Population of Upwards of One-Hundred and Twenty Thousand People, when Jonah Preached

Nineveh: Destruction of, Averted

Nineveh: Extensive

Nineveh: Extent of

Nineveh: Full of Joy and Carelessness

Nineveh: Full of Lies and Robbery

Nineveh: Full of Witchcraft