Jonah 4:11 (KJV)

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And should not I spare Nineveh that great city wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand and also much cattle

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should. Jon 4:1 Isa 1:18 Mt 18:33 Lu 15:28-32

Nineveh. Jon 1:2 Jon 3:2 Jon 3:3

that cannot. De 1:39

and also. Ps 36:6 Ps 104:14 Ps 104:27 Ps 104:28 Ps 145:8 Ps 145:9 Ps 145:15 Ps 145:16

sixscore.It is generally calculated that the young children of any place are a fifth of the inhabitants, and consequently the whole population of Nineveh would amount to about 600,000; which is very inferior to that of London and Paris, though they occupy not one quarter of the ground. In eastern cities there are large vacant spaces for gardens and pasturages, so that there might be very "much cattle."

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