Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
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).
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Ezra 8:15:
2 Kings 17:24
Ezra 8:31
Nehemiah 7:4
Ezekiel 44:4-16
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