KOA

(Koʹa).

A people or region mentioned with Pekod and Shoa at Ezekiel 23:23 and foretold by Jehovah to supply part of the enemy forces that would assault unfaithful Jerusalem and Judah. Koa was probably located E of Babylonia and has been generally linked with the Kutu (or Ku), a people who resided E of the Tigris on the steppes between the upper ʼAdhaim and Diyala Rivers. The Kutu are frequently coupled with the Sutu (perhaps the Shoa of Ezekiel 23:23) in Assyrian inscriptions, such records showing them as fighting against Assyria.