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34. jonah
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God once spoke 🗣️ to a man named Jonah and gave him a very important job. "Jonah," God said, "I want you to go to the big city 🏙️ of Nineveh and tell the people there about me. Tell them to be kind and stop doing bad things." 😒
But Jonah was afraid! 😧 The people of Nineveh were not very nice, 😡 and Jonah didn't want to go. Instead of listening to God, he decided to run away. 🏃🏼♂️💨 He found a big ship 🚢 and paid some sailors to take him far, far away in the opposite direction. 🧭
While the ship 🚢 was sailing, God sent a terrible storm. ⛈️ The waves 🌊 were huge, and the boat was tossing and turning. The sailors were scared 😱 and started throwing things 📦 overboard to make the boat lighter. They discovered that Jonah was the reason for the storm ☔️ because he was running away from God.
Jonah told the sailors, "This is my fault. Throw me into the sea, 🌊 and the storm ⛈️ will stop." At first, the sailors didn't want to do this, but the storm was getting worse 🌧️ and worse. So they finally threw Jonah into the water. 💦
Suddenly, a giant fish 🐋 - bigger than the boat - came and swallowed Jonah! He was inside the fish's big, dark tummy. He stayed there for three whole days! While inside, Jonah prayed 🙏 to God and promised that he would listen and do what God asked.
After three days, God told the fish to spit Jonah out. The fish swam 🐳 to the shore and opened its mouth, 👄 and Jonah came out! He was wet 💦 and probably a bit smelly, 👃but he was safe.
This time, Jonah listened 👂🏻 to God. He went to Nineveh and told all the people about God's love 🫶 and how they should be kind. To his surprise, the people of Nineveh listened! They decided to be good and change their ways. God was happy 😊 that Jonah had finally done what he was asked to do.
33. elisha / 34. jonah / 35. split kingdom
