JONAH  , in the

Bible, a prophet born at Gath-hepher in Zebulun, perhaps under Jeroboam (2) (781–741 B.C.?), who fore-told the deliverance of Israel from the Aramaeans (2 Kings xiv . 25) . This prophet may also be the hero of the much later book of and the " three days and three nights " remain unexplained by this writer . On these points see Zimmern, K.A.T . (3), pp . 366, 389, 508 . The difficulties of the mission of a Hebrew prophet to Asshur are diminished by Cheyne's later theory, Critica Biblica (1904), pp . 150-152 . (T . K .