Ava

Town · also Avva

Location disputed Kafr Aya: about 350 km (220 miles) north of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Kafr Aya Less likely
  • Imma Less likely
  • Karkheh River Less likely
  • Karun River Less likely

Ava in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 1 Verse

  • 2 Kings 17:24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

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