Ahava — Bible place

Water, the river (Ezra 8:21) by the banks of which the Jewish exiles assembled under Ezra when about to return to Jerusalem from Babylon. In all probability this was one of the streams of Mesopotamia which flowed into the Euphrates somewhere in the north-west of Babylonia. It has, however, been supposed to be the name of a place (Ezra 8:15) now called Hit, on the Euphrates, east of Damascus.

Recorded scripture occurrences (3)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: EZR 8:15

OET-RV EZR 8:15

15 Firstly, I gathered them near the river that goes to Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I interviewed the people and the priests and discovered that we didn’t have any Levites included in the group.

OET-LV EZR 8:15

15 And_I_assembled _them to the_river which_goes to ʼAhₐvāʼ and_we _encamped there days three and_I_considered (in)_people and_(in)_priests and_any_of _the _descendants _of Lēvī not I _found there.

Show passage in OET: EZR 8:21

OET-RV EZR 8:21

21 Then right there by the river Ahava, I proclaimed a fast to humble ourselves in front of our god to request that he’d smooth the way ahead for us, and for our children, and for all our property,

OET-LV EZR 8:21

21 And_I _proclaimed there a _fast at the_river ʼAhₐvāʼ to_humble _ourselves to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before god _of_our to_seek from_him/it a _journey straight to/for_us and_for_our _little _of_one[s] and_to/for_all property _of_our.

Show passage in OET: EZR 8:31

OET-RV EZR 8:31

31 Then in mid-April, we set out from the river Ahava to go to Yerushalem (Jerusalem), and we had God’s favour as he kept us safe from any enemies or ambushes on the way.

OET-LV EZR 8:31

31 And_we_set _out from_the _river _of ʼAhₐvāʼ on_day_two _plus ten of_month (the)_first to_go Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) and_the _hand _of our _god _of_our it _was on_us and_he_delivered _us from_the_palm _of an _enemy and_from _an _ambusher on the_journey.

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