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Ashtaroth, Astaroth
Morrish Bible Dictionary
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. Deuteronomy 1:4; Joshua 9:10; Joshua 12:4; Joshua 13:12,31; 1 Chronicles 6:71 : apparently the same as BEESH-TERAH in Joshua 21:27 . Identified with Tell Ashtarah, 32 50' N, 36 1' E .
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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Ashtaroth, Astaroth'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/mbd/a/ashtaroth-astaroth.html. 1897.