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ASHTAROTH, ASHTERATHITE*
Town of Bashan, named along with Edrei as the home of King Og (Dt 1:4; Jos 9:10; 12:4; 13:12, 31). Ashtaroth is the plural form of Ashtoreth, the name of the Canaanite fertility goddess who was worshiped there. After Og was defeated by the Israelites (Dt 3:1-11), Moses gave Ashtaroth to the half-tribe of Manasseh (Jos 13:12, 31; Dt 3:13). Later, it became a Levitical city inhabited by the Gershonites (1 Chr 6:71). Ashteroth-karnaim (Gn 14:5) is probably the same town as Ashtaroth. Its location is usually identified with Tell Ashtarah, 21 miles (34 kilometers) east of the Sea of Galilee. In 1 Chronicles 11:44 one of David’s mighty men, Uzzia, is called an Ashterathite.