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It is written in 2 Kings xiv. 25 that Jeroboam the Second secured the restoration of certain territory, "according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher."
The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism S. E. Wishard
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Draw full-page map, locating Joppa, Nineveh, Tarshish and his native place, Gath-hepher.
A Bird's-Eye View of the Bible Second Edition Frank Nelson Palmer
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His home was Gath-hepher, a village of Zebulun, and he, therefore, belonged to the ten tribes and not to Judah.
The Bible Book by Book A Manual for the Outline Study of the Bible by Books Josiah Blake Tidwell 1908
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True, the father of Jonah the prophet, a native of Gath-hepher
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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The old tradition made the burial-place of Jonah to be Gath-hepher; the modern tradition places it at Nebi-Yunus, opposite Mosul.
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A more ancient tradition of Jerome's time placed the tomb in Jonah's native village of Gath-hepher.
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Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher.
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Gath-hepher in Galilee, a city that belonged to the tribe of Zebulun, in a remote corner of the land of Israel; for the Spirit, which like the wind, blows where it listeth, will as easily find out Jonah in
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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They suppose that out of Galilee no prophet had risen, and for this appeal to Nicodemus's search; yet this was false too: Jonah was of Gath-hepher, Nahum an Elkoshite, both of Galilee.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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Plus she's a yakky hepher but damn, that ass * whistles*.
Kissing Suzy Kolber 2009
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