Nineveh
location: likely
Named in 18 tagged verses in 8 books, first at Genesis 10:11.
- Kind
- Settlement
- Coordinates
- 36.36° N, 43.15° E
- Nearest
- Halah 8.9 km
- People
- 4 people
- Events
- 7 events
- Tagged in
- 18 verses
Map
Nineveh is the filled marker at the centre; the 10 nearest places with a page are around it. The position follows OpenBible.info, which grades it a likely location.
People
People named in the same verses as Nineveh, most often first.
Events
7 events told in verses that name Nineveh, in the order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).
- 1821 BCNimrod's kingdom begins2 shared verses
- 824 BCProphecies of Jonah8 shared verses
- 758 BCProphecies of Isaiah1 shared verse
- 725 BCReign of Hezekiah1 shared verse
- 662 BCProphecies of Nahum3 shared verses
- 609 BCProphecies of Zephaniah1 shared verse
- AD 28Blind and Dumb Demoniac and Following Discourse2 shared verses
Mentions
18 tagged verses in 8 books. Select a book to read its verses.
Counts are verses tagged with this place in Theographic. How Begat counts
Every verse
All 18 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
Genesis2 verses
2 Kings1 verse
- 19:36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
Isaiah1 verse
- 37:37
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
Jonah8 verses
- 1:2
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
- 3:2
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
- 3:3
This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
- 3:4
On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”
- 3:5
And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
- 3:6
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
- 3:7
Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.
- 4:11
So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
Nahum3 verses
- 1:1
This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
- 2:8
Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
- 3:7
Then all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”
Zephaniah1 verse
- 2:13
And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.
Matthew1 verse
- 12:41
The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
Luke1 verse
- 11:30
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.
Nearby
The 10 places with a page nearest to Nineveh, by straight-line distance.