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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Ashtoreth Karnaim (Ashteroth-karnaim)
Ashtoreth of the two horns, a city in Bashan east of the Jordan. A branch of the Rephaim lived there until Chedorlaomer's coalition beat them. It is generally identified with Tell Ashtarah in the Golan.
Ashtoreth of the two horns, a city in Bashan east of the Jordan. A branch of the Rephaim lived there until Chedorlaomer's coalition beat them. It is generally identified with Tell Ashtarah in the Golan.
A city in Bashan, east of the Jordan, home to a branch of the Rephaim who were defeated by the coalition of eastern kings under Chedorlaomer in Genesis 14:5. The compound name, "Ashtoreth of the two horns," ties the town to the worship of the goddess Ashtoreth (Astarte), likely under a horned or crescent-moon symbol. It is generally identified with Tell Ashtarah in the Golan region of modern Syria.
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- Genesis 14:5
