5 The men of Nineveh believed in God.(a) They proclaimed a fast(A) and dressed in sackcloth—from the greatest of them to the least.
6 When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth,(B) and sat in ashes.

Footnotes:

a. Jonah 3:5: Or believed God

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