So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across.
It should be noted that the actual reason has nothing to do with the type of insinuation used against this verse.  The chief reason, as Robinson went on to point out is "highly subjective,"[13] having nothing at all to do with any factual or substantive evidence.