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 deg., lat.

39

1/2 deg., and at its junction with the Tigris, in long.

79

1/2 deg., lat.

36 deg.

Ezra 8:6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.

; and the latter, at its source, in long

78 deg., lat.

39 deg.; and where it falls into the Tigris, in long.

79 deg., lat.

Ezra 8:36 And they delivered the king's commissions to the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river...

1/2 deg. 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.'

Psalm 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

Ezekiel 1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month...

Ezekiel 3:15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelled by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat...

Acts 16:13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down...

Ahava

Ezra 8:21,31 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God...

abode. Heb. pitched. and found

Ezra 8:2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.

Ezra 7:7,24 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters...