Fausset Bible Dictionary: Ava

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Fausset Bible Dictionary: Ava


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Ava, in Assyria; colonists thence re. peopled Samaria after the removal of the Israelites (). Probably the same as Ivah (). The Assyrians according to their usual policy, having conquered Ivah, transplanted its inhabitants to Samaria, vacated by Israel's deportation. (See IVAH.)