Ivvah (or Avva) was a city conquered by Assyria, whose people were resettled in Samaria. (2Ki.18.34, 19:13; Isaiah 37:13; 2Ki.17.24, 31)
Ivvah
PlaceCity conquered by Assyria, people resettled in Samaria.
- en Ivvah
- en Ivah · Also called
- en Avva · Also called
- en Ava · Also called
- en Avvite · Also called
- en Avites · Also called
- he עִוָּה · H5755
- he עַוָּא · H5755
- he עַוִּים · H5761I
- he עַוִּי · H5757
- bg Ава
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Ivvah, also known as Avva, was a city that was conquered by the Assyrians. It is mentioned in 2Ki.18.34 and 19:13, as well as in Isaiah 37:13, as one of the cities whose gods could not save them from the Assyrian invasion. The people of Ivvah, along with those from other conquered cities, were later resettled in Samaria by the Assyrian king (2Ki.17.24). These people, known as the Avvites, continued to worship their own gods in their new land (2Ki.17.31). The exact location of Ivvah is unknown, but it was likely situated somewhere in Syria or Mesopotamia.
Overturning, a city of the Assyrians, whence colonists were brought to Samaria (2 Kings 18:34; 19:13). It lay on the Euphrates, between Sepharvaim and Henah, and is supposed by some to have been the Ahava of Ezra (8:15).
Sources: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data (CC BY 4.0, a9ac5f9) · STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0, Ivvah@2Ki.17.24-Isa) · Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0, ivvah_605)