<P> Jonah or Jonas is the name given in the Hebrew Bible ( Tanakh / Old Testament ) to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BCE . He is the eponymous central figure of the Book of Jonah , in which he is called upon by God to travel to Nineveh and warn its residents to repent of their sins or face divine wrath . Instead , Jonah boards a ship to Tarshish . Caught in a storm , he orders the ship 's crew to cast him overboard , whereupon he is swallowed by a giant fish . Three days later , after Jonah agrees to go to Nineveh , the fish vomits him out onto the shore . Jonah successfully convinces the entire city of Nineveh to repent , but waits outside the city in expectation of its destruction . God shields Jonah from the sun with a plant , but later sends a worm to cause it to wither . When Jonah complains of the bitter heat , God rebukes him . </P>
<P> Jonah or Jonas is the name given in the Hebrew Bible ( Tanakh / Old Testament ) to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BCE . He is the eponymous central figure of the Book of Jonah , in which he is called upon by God to travel to Nineveh and warn its residents to repent of their sins or face divine wrath . Instead , Jonah boards a ship to Tarshish . Caught in a storm , he orders the ship 's crew to cast him overboard , whereupon he is swallowed by a giant fish . Three days later , after Jonah agrees to go to Nineveh , the fish vomits him out onto the shore . Jonah successfully convinces the entire city of Nineveh to repent , but waits outside the city in expectation of its destruction . God shields Jonah from the sun with a plant , but later sends a worm to cause it to wither . When Jonah complains of the bitter heat , God rebukes him . </P>
who got swallowed by a fish in the bible
who got swallowed by a fish in the bible
Jonah
Jonah