Bible Cross References
Sennacherib
2 Kings 19:7
The LORD will cause the emperor to hear a rumor that will make him go back to his own country, and the LORD will have him killed there."
2 Kings 19:28
I have received the report of that rage and that pride of yours, and now I will put a hook through your nose and a bit in your mouth, and take you back by the same road you came."
2 Kings 19:33
He will go back by the same road he came, without entering this city. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Nineveh
Genesis 10:11
From that land he went to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
Genesis 10:12
and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
Jonah 1:2
He said, "Go to Nineveh, that great city, and speak out against it; I am aware of how wicked its people are."
Jonah 3:2-10
2
He said, "Go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to the people the message I have given you."
3
So Jonah obeyed the LORD and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to walk through it.
4
Jonah started through the city, and after walking a whole day, he proclaimed, "In forty days Nineveh will be destroyed!"
5
The people of Nineveh believed God's message. So they decided that everyone should fast, and all the people, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth to show that they had repented.
6
When the king of Nineveh heard about it, he got up from his throne, took off his robe, put on sackcloth, and sat down in ashes.
7
He sent out a proclamation to the people of Nineveh: "This is an order from the king and his officials: No one is to eat anything; all persons, cattle, and sheep are forbidden to eat or drink.
8
All persons and animals must wear sackcloth. Everyone must pray earnestly to God and must give up their wicked behavior and their evil actions.
9
Perhaps God will change his mind; perhaps he will stop being angry, and we will not die!"
10
God saw what they did; he saw that they had given up their wicked behavior. So he changed his mind and did not punish them as he had said he would.
Nahum 1:1
This is a message about Nineveh, the account of a vision seen by Nahum, who was from Elkosh.
Nahum 2:8
Like water from a broken dam the people rush from Nineveh! "Stop! Stop!" the cry rings out--- but no one turns back.
Matthew 12:41
On the Judgment Day the people of Nineveh will stand up and accuse you, because they turned from their sins when they heard Jonah preach; and I tell you that there is something here greater than Jonah!