III. עַשְׁתָּרוֺת proper name, of a location Ασταρωθ, etc., east of Jordan (name from worship of different forms of `Aštart; in Egyptian ±astiratu, as east Jordan located WMM^{As.u.Eur.162,313}; compare Tel Amarna proper name, of a location Aštarti); — in Bashan (near Edrei) Deuteronomy 1:4 (רֹת-), Joshua 12:4; Joshua 13:12,31 (all + אֶדְרֶ֫עִי), Joshua 9:10; 1 Chronicles 6:56 = בְּעֶשְׁתְּרָה (i.e. בֵּית עַשְׁתָּרָה) Joshua 21:27; also עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם Genesis 14:5 (ᵐ5 Ασταρωθ Καρναιν, compare GFM^{JBL xvi(1897), 155 f.} who explains name as Ashtereth of the two-peaked mountain); compare further, קַרְנַיִם Amos 6:13; — site probably either Tel ±Aštara, 21 miles east of Sea of Galilee, or Muzeirib, 8 miles further south; possibly both occur in OT; compare especially Dr^{Ashtaroth in} Hast^DB Di^{Genesis 14:5}), Buhl^{Georg. 248 ff.} GASm^{Ency. Bib. 335 f}.