# Nineveh

## Ancient names

- Νῖνος (Nȋnos): Greek
- Ninâ: Akkadian

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874621).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/i028fec.jpg (Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ashurbanipal_II_in_a_chariot,_wall_relief,_7th_century_BC,_from_Nineveh,_the_British_Museum.jpg).

## Passages

- **Genesis 10:11-12** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/10/11
- **2 Kings 19:36** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/19/36
- **Isaiah 37:37** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/37/37
- **Jonah 1:2** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jonah/1/2
- **Jonah 3:2-7** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jonah/3/2
- **Jonah 4:11** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jonah/4/11
- **Nahum 1:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/1/1
- **Nahum 1:8** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/1/8
- **Nahum 1:11** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/1/11
- **Nahum 1:14** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/1/14
- **Nahum 2:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2/1
- **Nahum 2:5** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2/5
- **Nahum 2:7-9** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2/7
- **Nahum 2:11** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/2/11
- **Nahum 3:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/1
- **Nahum 3:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/4
- **Nahum 3:7** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/7
- **Nahum 3:11** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nahum/3/11
- **Zephaniah 2:13** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zephaniah/2/13
- **Matthew 12:41** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/12/41
- **Luke 11:30** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/11/30
- **Luke 11:32** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/11/32

## Coordinates

36.3594, 43.1528

## Straight-line distances

- **Calah**: about 21 mi (33 km) in a straight line, 2 days on foot
- **Jerusalem**: about 550 mi (890 km) in a straight line

## In the reference maps

- **Between the rivers**: Mesopotamia: Babylon, Assyria and Persia. https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/entre-os-rios

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/nineveh
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- Text license: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).