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Ivah
Overturning, a city of the Assyrians, whence colonists were brought to Samaria (2 Kgs 18:34; 2 Kgs 19:13). It lay on the Euphrates, between Sepharvaim and Henah, and is supposed by some to have been the Ahava of Ezra (Ezra 8:15).
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- 2 Kings 18:34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
- 2 Kings 19:13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
- Isaiah 37:13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
