AN ACCOUNT OF JONAH'S MISSION
TO THE
NINEVITES.
JONAH was the son of Amittai, a prophet of Gath-
heper in Galilee. Some Jews would have him to
be the son of the widow of Sarepta, raised to life by
Elijah, but the distance of time renders it almost
impossible nor is it a whit more certain that he
was the son of the Shunamite restored to life by
Elisha, or the young prophet who anointed Jehu.
It is certain, that he predicted that God would
restore to the Hebrews, the cities which the Syrians
had taken from them during the reigns of Ahab,
Jehoram, John, and Jehoahaz, 2 Kings, xiv. 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 Gath-hepher. We have
also the book of Jonah, where God ordered him to
go to Nineveh and warn the inhabitants of their
approaching destruction.
