Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Jonah Chapter 1
Overview
Jon 1:1, Jonah, sent to Nineveh, flees to Tarshish; Jon 1:4, He is bewrayed by a tempest; Jon 1:11, thrown into the sea; Jon 1:17, and swallowed by a fish.
Jonah: Kg2 14:25; Mat 12:39, Mat 16:4; Luk 11:29, Luk 11:30,Luk 11:32, Jonas
Nineveh: Jon 3:2, Jon 4:11; Gen 10:11; Kg2 19:36; Nah 1:1, 2:1-3:19; Zep 2:13-15
cry: Jon 3:2; Isa 58:1; Jer 1:7-10; Eze 2:7, Eze 3:5-9; Mic 3:8; Mat 10:18
for: Gen 18:20,Gen 18:21; Ezr 9:6; Jam 5:4; Rev 18:5
to flee: Jon 4:2; Exo 4:13, Exo 4:14; Kg1 19:3, Kg1 19:9; Jer 20:7-9; Eze 3:14; Luk 9:62; Act 15:38, Act 26:19; Co1 9:16
from: Gen 3:8, Gen 4:16; Job 1:12, Job 2:7; Psa 139:7-12; Th2 1:9
Joppa: Jos 19:46; Ch2 2:16; Act 9:36
Tarshish: As Jonah embarked at Joppa, a seaport on the Mediterranean, it was probably either Tarsus in Cilicia, or rather Tartessus in Spain, to which he intended to flee. When we reflect how such a message would be received in the streets of London at this day, we shall not wonder at the prophet's reluctance to announce the destruction of the proud and idolatrous Nineveh. Isa 2:16, Isa 23:1, Isa 23:6, Isa 23:10, Isa 60:9; Eze 27:12
the Lord: Exo 10:13, Exo 10:19, Exo 14:21, Exo 15:10; Num 11:31; Psa 107:24-31, Psa 135:7; Amo 4:13; Mat 8:24-27; Act 27:13-20
sent out: Heb. cast forth
like: Heb. thought
cried: Jon 1:6, Jon 1:14, Jon 1:16; Kg1 18:26; Isa 44:17-20, Isa 45:20; Jer 2:28; Hos 7:14
and cast: Job 2:4; Act 27:18, Act 27:19, Act 27:38; Phi 3:7, Phi 3:8
the sides: Sa1 24:3
and was: Jdg 16:19; Mat 25:5, Mat 26:40,Mat 26:41, Mat 26:43, Mat 26:45; Luk 22:45, Luk 22:46
What: Isa 3:15; Eze 18:2; Act 21:13; Rom 13:11; Eph 5:14
arise: Psa 78:34, Psa 107:6, Psa 107:12, Psa 107:13, Psa 107:18-20,Psa 107:28, Psa 107:29; Jer 2:27, Jer 2:28; Mar 4:37-41
if: Jon 3:9; Sa2 12:22; Est 4:16; Joe 2:11; Amo 5:15
every: Jdg 7:13, Jdg 7:14; Isa 41:6, Isa 41:7
and let: Jos 7:14-18; Jdg 20:9, Jdg 20:10; Sa1 10:20,Sa1 10:21, Sa1 14:41, Sa1 14:42; Est 3:7; Psa 22:18; Pro 16:33; Mat 27:35; Act 1:23-26, Act 13:19
for: Jos 7:10,Jos 7:13, Jos 22:16-20; Sa1 14:38, Sa1 14:39; Job 10:2
and the: Num 32:23; Jos 7:18; Co1 4:5
Tell: Jos 7:19; Sa1 14:43; Jam 5:16
What is thine: Gen 47:3; Sa1 30:13
I am: Gen 14:13, Gen 39:14; Phi 3:5
and I: Kg2 17:25, Kg2 17:28, Kg2 17:32-35; Job 1:9; Hos 3:5; Act 27:23; Rev 15:4
the Lord: or, Jehovah
the God: Ezr 1:2, Ezr 5:11, Ezr 7:12, Ezr 7:13; Neh 1:4, Neh 2:4; Psa 136:26; Dan 2:18, Dan 2:19, Dan 2:44; Rev 11:13, Rev 16:11
which: Neh 9:6; Psa 95:5, Psa 95:6, Psa 146:5, Psa 146:6; Act 14:15, Act 17:23-25
were: Joh 19:8
exceedingly afraid: Heb. afraid, with great fear, Dan 5:6-9
What: Sa1 6:2, Sa1 6:3; Sa2 21:1-6, Sa2 24:11-13; Mic 6:6, Mic 6:7
calm unto us: Heb. silent from us. wrought, and was tempestuous. or, grew more and more tempestuous. Heb. went and was, etc.
for: Jos 7:12, Jos 7:20,Jos 7:21; Ch1 21:17; Ecc 9:18; Act 27:24
Nevertheless the: There was great humanity and tender feeling in these men. They were probably affected deeply with the candid confession, the disinterested, submissive conduct of the disobedient prophet, and were unwilling to cast him into the deep, until they found that every effort to save themselves was in vain.
rowed: Heb. digged
they: Jon 1:5, Jon 1:16; Psa 107:28; Isa 26:16
let: Gen 9:6; Deu 21:8; Act 28:4
for: Psa 115:3, Psa 135:6; Dan 4:34, Dan 4:35; Mat 11:26; Eph 1:9, Eph 1:11
they: Jos 7:24-26; Sa2 21:8, Sa2 21:9
and the: Psa 89:9, Psa 93:3, Psa 93:4, Psa 107:29; Mat 8:26; Luk 8:24
ceased: Heb. stood
feared: Jon 1:10; Isa 26:9; Dan 4:34-37, Dan 6:26; Mar 4:31; Act 5:11
offered: etc. Heb. sacrificed a sacrifice unto the Lord, and vowed vows, Gen 8:20; Jdg 13:16; Kg2 5:17; Psa 107:22; Isa 60:5-7
made: Gen 28:20; Psa 50:14, Psa 66:13-16, Psa 116:14; Ecc 5:4
the Lord: Jon 4:6; Gen 1:21; Psa 104:25, Psa 104:26; Hab 3:2
in: Mat 12:40, Mat 16:4; Luk 11:30
belly: Heb. bowels