Place Old Testament
Ivvah
Also known as Ivvah =ESV, NIV; Ivah =KJV, Avva =ESV, NIV; Ava =KJV, Avvite =ESV, NIV; Avites =KJV
Ivvah (or Avva) was a city conquered by Assyria, whose people were resettled in Samaria. (2Ki.18.34, 19:13; Isaiah 37:13; 2Ki.17.24, 31) Mentioned in 5 verses across 2 books, first at 2 Kings 17:24.
Why it matters. City conquered by Assyria, people resettled in Samaria.
- Primary passages
- Location
- 34.468, 41.965 (approximate, within about 2 km)
Coordinates from STEPBible TIPNR (palopenmaps.org link). Approximate; not independently verified.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Ivvah
Ivvah, also known as Avva, was a city that was conquered by the Assyrians. It is mentioned in 2Ki.18.34 and 19:13, as well as in Isaiah 37:13, as one of the cities whose gods could not save them from the Assyrian invasion. The people of Ivvah, along with those from other conquered cities, were later resettled in Samaria by the Assyrian king (2Ki.17.24). These people, known as the Avvites, continued to worship their own gods in their new land (2Ki.17.31). The exact location of Ivvah is unknown, but it was likely situated somewhere in Syria or Mesopotamia.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 5 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.