"with this sin of disobedience in him, jonah still further flouts at god, by seeking to flee from him. he thinks that a ship made by men will carry him into countries where god does not reign, but only the captains of this earth. he skulks about the wharves of joppa, and seeks a ship that’s bound for tarshish. there lurks, perhaps, a hitherto unheeded meaning here. by all accounts tarshish could have been no other city than the modern cadiz. that’s the opinion of learned men.