So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city,[1] three days' journey in breadth.[2]
that these days of Purim should be observed at their appointed seasons, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther obligated them, and as they had obligated themselves and their offspring, with regard to their fasts and their lamenting.