Ashtaroth, Astaroth
Ashtaroth, Astaroth
[Ash’taroth, As’taroth]
City of Bashan in the kingdom of Og, on the east of the Jordan. It was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh and afterwards devoted to the Levites. Deu 1:4; Jos 9:10; Jos 12:4; Jos 13:12; Jos 13:31; 1Ch 6:71: apparently the same as BEESH-TERAH in Jos 21:27. Identified with Tell Ashtarah, 32 50′ N, 36 1′ E.