According to 2 Kings 14:25, the prophet Jonah lived and prophesied in Jeroboam's reign. The biblical scholar Donald Wiseman has speculated that the eclipse took place around when Jonah arrived in Nineveh and urged the people to repent, otherwise the city would be destroyed.
In accordance with 2 Kings 14:25, the prophet Jonah resided and prophesied during Jeroboam's rule. Biblical scholar Donald Wiseman has hypothesized that the eclipse occurred around the time Jonah arrived in Nineveh and exhorted the populace to repent, lest the city be annihilated.