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Jonah 3:5

Jonah 3:5
So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

So the people of Nineveh believed God,.... Or "in God" (r): in the word of the Lord, as the Targum; they believed there was a God, and that he, in whose name Jonah came, was the true God; they…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And the people of Nineveh believed God; - strictly, “believed in God.” To “believe in God” expresses more heart-belief, than to “believe God” in itself need convey. To believe God is to believe what…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The people of Nineveh believed God - They had no doubt that the threatening would be fulfilled, unless their speedy conversion prevented it; but, though not expressed, they knew that the threatening…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The Happy Result of Jonah's Preaching

5. believed God Or, believed in God. Three things their faith certainly embraced. They believed in the God of the Hebrews, as the true God. They believed in His…