You are the only one who have control over everything. In fear people start praying to God, “God save us from the storm. The storm slowly starts to increase and the people in the ship fear that the ship will sink and all will die in this storm. Shortly afterwards a storm engulfs the ship. Now the ship leaves towards its destination. Jonah goes to the ship and falls asleep at the bottom of the ship. The master of the ship agrees to take Jonah with him. Now Jonah begs the master of the ship to give him some space in the ship for that he was willing to pay more. “This ship is going to a neighbouring city.” The ship’s owner said to Jonah. He asks the shipowner “Where is this ship going?” He reaches Joppa city where he sees a ship. Now Jonah wanted to hide from God, for this, he moves in the opposite direction to Nineveh. Jonah had no desire to do the God-given work and began to think that the people of Nineveh were not good and that they would not listen to him.Īlso read – The Story of Moses from the Bible for kids Jonah agrees to do the God-given work, but after considering it, he starts thinking that he will not do it. Jonah says to God, “Just as you command God. Tell them to live a good life.” This voice was from God who told Jonah to do all this. A voice came from that light, “Jonah, go to Nineveh and convince the people there to stop persecuting the people of Israel.

While Jonah was on the road, a light started shining in front of him. He left his house and started towards his destination. One day Jonah had to leave his house for his work. Jonah was a prophet (a person who used to preach the message of God) who lived in Israel. People there were not able to live in peace and happiness.

The people of Nineveh tortured and persecuted the people of Israel. In those days Nineveh used to be the capital of Assyria. Jonah and The Whale Story for Kids – This story dates back to the time when Nineveh was an enemy of Israel.

Jonah and the whale