Jonah
Prophet c. 780 BC — c. 740 BC Assyria

Forty Days and Nineveh Will Be Overthrown

Fulfilled
760 BC — Nineveh
Jonah began by going a day's journey into the city, proclaiming: "Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown." The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth. When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, He relented and did not bring on them the destruction He had threatened. (Jonah 3:4-10)
Source
Bible
Century
8th c. BC
Recognition
Bible
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