Beeshterah
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary ==
A Levitical city, in Manasseh beyond the Jordan, Joshua 21:27 . It is also called Ashtaroth, 1 Chronicles 6:71 , and is perhaps a contraction of Beth-Ashtaroth.
== Holman Bible Dictionary == Joshua 21:271 Chronicles 6:71Ashtaroth == Morrish Bible Dictionary ==
Levitical city in Manasseh, east of Jordan. Joshua 21:27 . It would appear by comparing 1 Chronicles 6:71 to be the same as ASHTAROTH.
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ==
bē̇ -esh´tē̇ -ra ( Joshua 21:27 ). See Ashtaroth .
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature ==
(Heb. Beeshterah', בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה, prob. house of Astarte; Sept. ἡ Βοσορά v. r. Βεεθαρά; Vulg. Bosra), one of the two Levitical cities allotted to the sons of Gershom, out of the tribe of Manasseh beyond Jordan (Joshua 21:27). In the parallel list (1 Chronicles 6:71) it appears to be identical with ASHTAROTH (q.v.). In fact, the name is merely a contracted form of Beth-Ashtaroth, the "temple of Ashtoreth" (Gesenius, Thes. p. 196; comp. 175).
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