Jonah
Sent to Nineveh, and fled the other way first.
The facts
| Dates | 862 BC – 840 BC |
|---|---|
| Lineage band | Semitic |
| Scripture | Jonah; 2 Kings 14:25 |
| Era | Divided Kingdom |
| Source | Chart + scripture |
Where this sits on the chart
Jonah falls 3142 years out from Creation at the centre, inside the Divided Kingdom arc. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.
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Who else was alive
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