Reference: Nineveh
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NINEVEH (Assyrian Nin
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Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions; and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.