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Jonah 1:17 (NIV)

Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah 1:1 (NIV)

The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai:

Jonah 1:10 (NIV)

This terrified them and they asked, “What have you done?” (They knew he was running away from the Lord , because he had already told them so.)

Jonah 1:11 (NIV)

The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?”

Jonah 1:12 (NIV)

“Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied, “and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.”

Jonah 1:13 (NIV)

Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before.

Jonah 1:14 (NIV)

Then they cried out to the Lord , “Please, Lord , do not let us die for taking this man’s life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, Lord , have done as you pleased.”

Jonah 1:15 (NIV)

Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.

Jonah 1:16 (NIV)

At this the men greatly feared the Lord , and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows to him.

Jonah 1:2 (NIV)

“Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”

But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord .

Jonah 1:4 (NIV)

Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up.

Jonah 1:5 (NIV)

All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

Jonah 1:6 (NIV)

The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.”

Jonah 1:7 (NIV)

Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.” They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.

Jonah 1:8 (NIV)

So they asked him, “Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What kind of work do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?”

Jonah 1:9 (NIV)

He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord , the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

Jonah 2:1 (NIV)

From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God.

Jonah 3:1 (NIV)

Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time:

Jonah 4:1 (NIV)

But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry.

1 Kings 17:1 (NIV)

Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord , the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.”

1 Kings 17:2 (NIV)

Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah:

1 Kings 17:3 (NIV)

“Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan.

1 Kings 17:4 (NIV)

You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”

1 Kings 17:5 (NIV)

So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there.