Avvites is the English name of two different ethnic groups mentioned in the Bible.
*The Avvites of Philistia mentioned in Deuteronomy 2:23 and Joshua 13:3.
*The Avvites who were exiled by the Assyrians to Samaria mentioned in 2 Kings 27:31
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