Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezra 8:15

15 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 .

Or, [illegible: 1 word] river of [illegible: 1+ letters]ava, as it is called, v. 21, 31. By comparing of these places it seems that A[illegible: 1+ letters]ava was the name both of the River, and of the Town or place by which it ran. Either this was that River which other Writers call Adiava, which runs to Assyria, which thence is called A[illegible: 1+ letters]iabene: or some other River running into Euphrates.

To wit, who were simple Levites, and not Priests. And therefore the Levites mentioned, chap. 7. 7. by anticipation were not yet come to him.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word].