Jonah 1:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

To flee

Acts 15:38

From

Joppa

Joshua 19:46

2 Chronicles 2:16

Acts 9:36

Tarshish

General references

Psalm 139:7

Jeremiah 23:23

Ezekiel 27:12

Bible References

To flee

And he made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? This is why I took care to go in flight to Tarshish: for I was certain that you were a loving God, full of pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, and ready to be turned from your purpose of evil.

And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send.

And he got up, fearing for his life, and went in flight, and came to Beer-sheba in Judah, parting there from his servant;

O Lord, you have been false to me, and I was tricked; you are stronger than I, and have overcome me: I have become a thing to be laughed at all the day, everyone makes sport of me.

And the wind, lifting me up, took me away: and I went in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of the Lord was strong on me.

But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.

But Paul was of the opinion that it was not right to take with them one who had gone away from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with the work.

From

And there came to them the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the evening wind: and the man and his wife went to a secret place among the trees of the garden, away from the eyes of the Lord God.

And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.

And the Lord said to the Satan, See, I give all he has into your hands, only do not put a finger on the man himself. And the Satan went out from before the Lord.

And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.

Where may I go from your spirit? how may I go in flight from you?

Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,

Joppa

And on the west was ... opposite Joppa.

And we will have wood cut from Lebanon, as much as you have need of, and will send it to you on flat boats by sea to Joppa, and from there you may take it up to Jerusalem.

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, that is, Dorcas: this woman was given to good works and acts of mercy at all times.

Tarshish

And on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all the fair boats.

The word about Tyre. Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish, because your strong place is made waste; on the way back from the land of Kittim the news is given to them.

Vessels of the sea-lands are waiting for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, so that your sons may come from far, and their silver and gold with them, to the place of the name of the Lord your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has made you beautiful.

Tarshish did business with you because of the great amount of your wealth; they gave silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods.

General references

Where may I go from your spirit? how may I go in flight from you?

Am I only a God who is near, says the Lord, and not a God at a distance?

Tarshish did business with you because of the great amount of your wealth; they gave silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods.