* the river that runneth.
Ahava is supposed to be the river Adiava, which, with the
Diava, is said by Ammianus to have given name to Adiabene, a
province of Assyria, through which they flowed into the
Tigris. These rivers were also called respectively, Anzabas
and Zabas, the Caprus and Lycus of Ptolemy; the former of
which he places, at its source, in long. 79; degrees, lat. 39罔 degrees, and at its junction with the Tigris, in long. 79罔 degrees, lat. 36; degrees 6'; and the latter, at its source, in
long 78; degrees, lat. 39; degrees; and where it falls into the
Tigris, in long. 79; degrees, lat. 36芟degrees. They are now
called the Great and Little Zab, or the Zabein, i.e., the two
Zabs, which, says Ibn Haukal, "are considerable streams, each
about half as large as the Dejleh (or Tigris). They rise
among the mountains of Azerbaijan: of these, the larger is
that which runs towards Haditheh. These streams form part of
the Tigris, and water the district of Semerah."
Ps 137:1 Eze 1:1 3:15 Ac 16:13
* Ahava.
21,31
* abode. Heb. pitched. and found.
2 7:7,24
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