Beeshterah

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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [1]

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.

Morrish Bible Dictionary [2]

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.

Holman Bible Dictionary [3]

Joshua 21:271 Chronicles 6:71Ashtaroth

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]

(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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