Jonah 1:3 meaning and explanation
Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
Jonah 1:3, Berean Standard Bible
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God has just told Jonah to preach against Nineveh, the great Assyrian city. Instead, Jonah gets up and runs the opposite way, toward Tarshish, a distant place at the far edge of the known world.
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