Avva

Avva was a district in Syria. It is also called Ivvah in 2 Kings 18:34; 19:13. Sargon of Assyria conquered it in the eighth century BC. After the Israelites were deported from Samaria in 722 BC, Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, sent people from Avva and other districts to live in the cities of Samaria (2 Kings 17:24).

See also Ivvah.