Nineveh

Description: Capital of the Assyrian Empire; Jonah called it to repentance and under its name announced salvation to the nations
Coordinates: 36.3596, 43.1523

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Capital of the Assyrian Empire; Jonah called it to repentance and under its name announced salvation to the nations.

Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship

II. JEROME TO PAULINUS. — Jonah calls the world to repentance and under the name of Nineveh announces salvation to the nations
"under the name of Nineveh announces salvation to the nations"

Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture

V. Figures, Examples, and Maxims from the Old Testament — Christ recalls the Ninevites to strike the obstinate minds of the Jews
"He terrifies and strikes the obstinate minds of the Jews by recalling Sodom, the Ninevites, and the Queen of the South"