I think he prayed in hell, (after his soul fainted) and right after God brought up his life from corruption then he prayed from the belly of the creature.
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Originally Posted by Winman
"out of the belly of hell cried I... I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever...
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For me that part above about the earth with her bars is the key.
I think hell may have some type of gates and bars, a prison of sorts.
His dead body stayed in the creature's belly for three days and three nights, just like Christ's body stayed in the tomb. But I think his soul went to hell and back again.
Of course there are different opinions on this, which I can respect.
I see it as the type of Christ's death, burial and resurrection, the very important sign of the Prophet Jonah (Matt 12:39-40)
That is a very good point about the digestive juices, I can only imagine how the poor fellow must have looked!