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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Ava
Also Ivah, a city in Mesopotamia from which the Assyrians sent settlers to fill Samaria after 722 BC. Sennacherib's field commander later named Ava's conquered gods, with those of Hamath and Sepharvaim, to push Hezekiah into surrender.
Also Ivah, a city in Mesopotamia from which the Assyrians sent settlers to fill Samaria after 722 BC. Sennacherib's field commander later named Ava's conquered gods, with those of Hamath and Sepharvaim, to push Hezekiah into surrender.
Ava, also called Ivah, was a city in Assyria's Mesopotamian heartland from which the Assyrians deported settlers to repopulate Samaria after Israel's exile in 722 BC (2 Kings 17:24). Sennacherib's field commander later cited Ava's conquered gods, alongside those of Hamath and Sepharvaim, to taunt Hezekiah into surrendering Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:34; 19:13). It is commonly identified with Hit, an ancient town on the Euphrates known for its natural bitumen springs.
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- 2 Kings 17:24
- 2 Kings 18:34
- 2 Kings 19:13
- Isaiah 37:13
