It has been estimated that Samaria, the capital of Israel, may have had some 20,000 to 30,000 inhabitants in Jonah’s day ​ — less than a fourth of Nineveh’s population.
مطمئناً در آن دوران شکوفایی ،‏ نِینَوا بزرگ‌ترین شهر دنیا بوده است .‏