mesopotamia
Nineveh
Capital of the Assyrian empire under Sennacherib; setting of Jonah's mission. Fell to a Babylonian-Median coalition in 612 BC.
- Modern equivalent
- Mosul (Iraq)
- Coordinates
- 36.3620°, 43.1525°
Scripture references
- Genesis 10:11
- Jonah 1-4
- Nahum 1-3
- Zephaniah 2:13-15
- Matthew 12:41
- Luke 11:30-32