Biblical place
Where was Ivvah?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Kafr Aya.
First appears in 2 Kings 18:34 · 2 books · 3 chapters
Overview
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). Modern identification: Kafr Aya.
Ivvah is represented in the local geography layer as Kafr Aya. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 2 Kings 18:34 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.