Jonah & the Whale

Description:

Item Number: P19

Size: 9 1/2" (24.1cm)
Jonah (which means dove) was a prophet to Israel in the 8th Century, B.C. The Lord spoke to him, saying "Go at once to Nineveh"cry out against it, for their wickedness has come up before me." Jonah did not want to goand he ran away. He boarded a ship that nearly broke apart in a violent storm. He told the sailors to throw him into the sea because his disobedience was the cause of the storm. He was swallowed by a great fish and spent three days and nights in its belly, thanking the Lord for having saved him from drowning. Then the fish spat him onto the shore, only a day's walk from Nineveh where he did the Lord's will.