Who Is Jonah In The Bible?

The prophet who ran from God only to find out that you cannot run from Him. He was told to prophesy to the town of Nineveh, who was a small yet prosperous city and they defied God. Jonah knew that the Lord was sovereign and he knew that if he went to do as the Lord commanded that upon preaching repentance the town would turn from its ways and he wanted God to destroy it. He worried too much about small matters that didnt concern him all that much but what was required of him. Upon running from God he boarded a ship and just b/c he was there(and this happens with people everyday in a good and bad way) he caused great distress with a storm that rocked the boat and threatened the very lives of the shipmates. They knew eventually that Jonah had done something to cause it as they all prayed to their "gods" but found no solution until Jonah confessed his misfortune. He was thrown overboard and the storm stopped. He ended up in the belly of a fish for 3 days/nites, all b/c he was disobedient.

He was a prophet chosen by God to preach in Nineveh