Nineveh

Jonah

When God Shows Grace and You're Big Mad About It

Nineveh is the city Jonah just saved against his own wishes — its survival is the source of his rage, and it looms over the whole chapter as the object of Jonah's bitterness.

Matthew

The Pharisees Fumbled and Jesus Kept Receipts

Nineveh stands here as a rebuke to the Pharisees — a pagan Assyrian city repented at Jonah's preaching alone, and will condemn a generation that received far more evidence and still rejected it.

Genesis

The OG Family Tree of Every Nation Ever

Nineveh is listed here as one of Nimrod's founding cities, introducing the capital of Assyria — the same city Jonah will refuse to visit and where 120,000 people will eventually repent.

2 Kings

When Winning Goes to Your Head

Nineveh is mentioned parenthetically to identify which Jonah this is — the same prophet who would later famously flee his assignment to preach there, giving the reader a narrative connection to the book of Jonah.

2 Kings

When God Claps Back at the World's Biggest Bully

Nineveh is Sennacherib's capital city, where he retreats after his campaign collapses — and where he will ultimately be assassinated by his own sons while worshiping his god.

Isaiah

When God Claps Back at an Entire Empire

Nineveh is where Sennacherib retreats after the angel's devastation — the capital of his empire becomes the place of his final disgrace, as he is assassinated there by his own sons.

Zephaniah

Every Nation Catches Hands

Zephaniah calls out nation after nation — Philistia, Moab, Cush, Assyria — and says they're all about to get wrecked. But buried in the middle of the warnings is a lifeline: seek the Lord, stay humble, and maybe you'll be sheltered when it all goes down.