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Jonah or Jonas son of Amittai is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran from Gathhepher of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BCE Jonah is the central figure of the Book of Jonah which details his reluctance in delivering Gods judgement on the city of Nineveh and then his subsequent albeit begrudged return to the divine mission after he is swallowed by a large sea creature