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Cuth; Cuthah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(burning). The land in Persia whence colonists came into Samaria (2 Kings 17:30³⁰And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, (2 Kings 17:30)). Cuthah (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:

One of the places from where the king of Assyria brought colonists into Palestine. They inhabited the cities of Samaria and became with others the ancestors of the Samaritans (2 Kings 17:24, 30²⁴And 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)
³⁰And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, (2 Kings 17:30)). The locality of Cuthah is not definitely known. Josephus places it in the interior of Persia; others in Babylonia.

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

place of crushing