Tobiæ 8:15

Clementine Latin Vulgate

Nec prætergressi sunt de mandatis regis tam sacerdotes quam Levitæ, ex omnibus, quæ præceperat, et in custodiis thesaurorum.

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Congregavi autem eos ad fluvium qui decurrit ad Ahava, et mansimus ibi tribus diebus: qu�sivique in populo et in sacerdotibus de filiis Levi, et non inveni ibi.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Congregavi autem eos ad fluvium, qui decurrit ad Ahava, et mansimus ibi tribus diebus. Recensui populum et sacerdotes; de filiis autem Levi non inveni ibi.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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+ degrees, and at its junction with the Tigris, in long. 79+ degrees, lat. 36 degrees 6 minutes; 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+ 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." Psalms 137:1, Ezekiel 1:1, Ezekiel 3:15, Acts 16:13

Ahava: Ezra 8:21, Ezra 8:31

abode: Heb. pitched

and found: Ezra 8:2, Ezra 7:7, Ezra 7:24

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 12:27 - out Jeremiah 31:6 - Arise

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava,.... From whence also the river bore the same name; or that from the river, see Ezra 8:21, and may be the same with Adiabene, a country in Assyria, which had its name from the river Adiava:

and there abode we in tents three days; or pitched their camp; this was the place of their rendezvous:

and I viewed the people and the priests; mustered them, took the number of them, and what tribe and families they were of:

and found there none of the sons of Levi; excepting the priests.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ahava was both a town and a river Ezra 8:21. The modern name of the place is Hit. It is famous for its bitumen springs, and is situated on the Euphrates, at a distance of about 80 miles from Babylon, toward the northwest.

None of the sons of Levi - The Levites appear to have been disinclined to return to Jerusalem (see Ezra 3:8 note).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 15. The river that runneth to Ahava — Ahava was a river itself, which is supposed to be the same that is called Diava or Adiava, in the province of Adiabene; and perhaps the place whence the people of Ava came who were brought by the king of Assyria to Palestine, 2 Kings 17:24.

None of the sons of Levi. — None that were simply Levites. He found priests, and they were sons of Levi; but no Levites that were not priests.