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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Ahava
A river or canal in Babylonia. Ezra gathered the exiles there before the journey to Jerusalem and proclaimed a fast, because he was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers.
A river or canal in Babylonia. Ezra gathered the exiles there before the journey to Jerusalem and proclaimed a fast, because he was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers.
Ahava was a river or canal in Babylonia where Ezra gathered the exiles who would return with him to Jerusalem, and where he proclaimed a fast to seek God's protection for the journey since he was ashamed to ask the king for a military escort (Ezra 8:15, 21-23). Its precise location is unknown, though it likely lay along one of the canals feeding the Euphrates near ancient Babylon.
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- Ezra 8:15
- Ezra 8:21
- Ezra 8:31
