Ahava. Ahava. The name of the river, and of the city. Compare Ezr_8:21.
abode = encamped.
none of the sons of Levi. Only priests and laymen. The Levites were slack. Compare Ezr_2:40. Only a small number accompanied Zerubbabel (Ezr_2:36). Not so the priests (Ezr_2:36-39).