Bible Location
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Ivvah was an Assyrian or Mesopotamian city whose people were moved and whose gods were invoked in imperial taunts. It is important because it appears in the rhetoric of conquest used against Judah. First appears in 2 Kgs 18:34.1
Coordinates
34.47, 41.96
First appears
2 Kgs 18:34
AI summary: Ivvah is significant because its name survives mainly in the language of defeated cities. Assyrian officials cite it as evidence that no local god could resist their power, making the place part of the psychological warfare aimed at Jerusalem. The cross references present Ivvah as a conquered city turned into an example of imperial boasting.1
Latitude
34.47
Longitude
41.96
Bible references
3
Overturning, a city of the Assyrians, whence colonists were brought to Samaria (2 Kings 18:34; 19:13). It lay on the Euphrates, between Sepharvaim and Henah, and is supposed by some to have been the Ahava of Ezra (8:15). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.