Where in Jonah 3

Where does chapter 3 take place?
Mark all the references to Nineveh in the same way as you did in chapter one.
What did we learn about Nineveh in chapter one?
What additional information do we learn in chapter 3?
Now would be a good time to do some outside research on Nineveh. See if you can find the answers to these questions, either in resources you discover on your own, or in the information I'll provide after the questions.

• Of what empire was Nineveh the capital?
• About how big was the main walled city?
• About how big was the city and its surrounding urban area?
• For what reasons might the Ninevites have been ready to repent and believe when Jonah delivered God's message?
• What would you see if you went to the site of Nineveh today?
• Is Jonah of continuing importance to the people of that region?

Check out these websites:

http://www.crystalinks.com/nineveh.html

http://www.bibleandkoran.net/verhaal/php?1IntEntityId=12

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosques_and_shrines_of_Mosul

http://www.blackfive.net/main/2008/12/mission-restore.html?cid=142216682

Excerpt from Holman Bible Dictionary, pg. 1024 NINEVEH The greatest of the capitals of the ancient Assyrian Empire, which flourished from about 800 to 612 BC It was located on the left bank of the Tigris river in northeastern Mesopotamia (Iraq today). Its remains are represented by two mounds named Quyundjiq "Many Sheep" and Nebi Yunus "The Prophet Jonah."

Excerpt from The New Unger's Bible Handbook, pg. 322 Recent discoveries have added credence to the historicity of the book. Excavations have revealed that 'greater' Nineveh was a district 30-60 miles across, agreeing well with the text of Jonah. pg. 324 Under Adad-nirari III (810-782 BC) there was an approach to monotheism in the worship of the god Nabu (Nebo). Either in the closing years of this reign or early in that of Ashur-dan III (772-755 BC) Jonah appeared in Nineveh. Whether the total eclipse in 763 BC, regarded as a divine portent, or the plagues of 765 or 759 BC, recorded in Assyrian history, prepared the Ninevites for their repentance cannot be known.

What surprised you the most?