Nineveh
In the Old Testament, the capital of Assyria and for over two hundred years a great commercial center on the eastern bank of the Tigris river. It fell at the downfall of the Assyrian empire, 606 B.C.
- Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, lived in Nineveh:2 Kgs. 19:36;
- Jonah was sent to call the city to repentance:Jonah 1:1–2; ( Jonah 3:1–4; )
- The people of Nineveh repented:Jonah 3:5–10;
- Christ used Nineveh as an example of repentance before the Jews:Matt. 12:41;
