Jonah’s Prayer and Promise

Jonah 1:7—2:10 In February 1891, the crew of the whaling ship Star of the East harpooned a sperm whale. In its death throes, the whale swallowed a man by the name of James Bartley. A day and a half later, Bartley’s shipmates—who thought James had drowned—found him unconscious in the whale’s belly. Describing his experience, Bartley said he could breathe easily inside the whale, but