Adad-Nirari III favoured by some for the Book of Jonah’s ‘king of Nineveh’
by Damien F. Mackey “Although, other candidates for Jonah’s “king of Nineveh” do exist, Adad-Nirari III seems to be an interesting fit due to his little-known monotheistic revolution. For reasons unknown Adad-Nirari III chose Nabu, the Assyrian god of literacy, scribes and wisdom, as the sole god to be worshipped”. Marc Madrigal Introduction The one clear piece of chronological evidence with which the Old Testament has availed us concerning the prophet Jonah is that he prophesied regarding the military success of King Jeroboam (II) of Israel (2 Kings 14:25): “[Jeroboam] was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo Hamath to the Dead Sea, in accordance with the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, spoken through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher” . This crucial piece of information has encouraged biblical scholars, in search of an historical ident...