Modern restoration of the Adad gate at Nineveh in a photograph taken prior to the gate's total destruction by ISIL in April 2016.[92] The Book of Jonah exaggerates the size of Nineveh far beyond what it actually was historically.[1][21]
Ukubuyiselwa kwesimanje kwesango le-Adad eNineve ngesithombe esathathwa ngaphambi kokubhujiswa ngokuphelele kwesango yi- ISIL ngo-Ephreli 201.Incwadi kaJona yenza ihaba ngosayizi weNineve ngaphezu kwalokho elaliyikho ngokomlando.