Reference: Nineveh
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NINEVEH (Assyrian Nin
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Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.