It is also important to remember that while the narrator tells the audience about Nineveh, Nineveh is not the main point of this story. There may well be more to the Ninevites’ story than the narrator shares because his focus is on telling the audience about Jonah’s character and relationship with Yahweh. The narrator only shares that they respond to the message they hear. Anything beyond that is outside the scope of what the narrator shares and should be treated with great caution. As a result of
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