Ahava
A written article for Ahava is still to come. Below and alongside: where Ahava appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.
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Ahava
Original word
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אַהֲוָא ahavaH163
Where Ahava appears in Scripture
וָֽאֶקְבְּצֵם אֶל-הַנָּהָר הַבָּא אֶֽל-אַהֲוָא וַנַּֽחֲנֶה שָׁם יָמִים שְׁלֹשָׁה וָֽאָבִינָה בָעָם וּבַכֹּהֲנִים וּמִבְּנֵי לֵוִי לֹֽא-מָצָאתִי שָֽׁם׃
And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
וָֽאֶקְרָא שָׁם צוֹם עַל-הַנָּהָר אַֽהֲוָא לְהִתְעַנּוֹת לִפְנֵי אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְבַקֵּשׁ מִמֶּנּוּ דֶּרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה לָנוּ וּלְטַפֵּנוּ וּלְכָל-רְכוּשֵֽׁנוּ׃
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
וַֽנִּסְעָה מִנְּהַר אַֽהֲוָא בִּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר לַחֹדֶשׁ הָֽרִאשׁוֹן לָלֶכֶת יְרֽוּשָׁלִָם וְיַד-אֱלֹהֵינוּ הָֽיְתָה עָלֵינוּ וַיַּצִּילֵנוּ מִכַּף אוֹיֵב וְאוֹרֵב עַל-הַדָּֽרֶךְ׃
Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.