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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(ruin) A place in Assyria (2 Kings 17:24²⁴And 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. (2 Kings 17:24)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Place subject to Assyria from which colonists were sent to Samaria: possibly the same as AHAVA and IVAH (2 Kings 17:24²⁴And 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. (2 Kings 17:24)).

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

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