Easton: Ashteroth Karnaim

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Source: Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897) (Ashteroth Karnaim) · external_aligned

Ashteroth of the two horns, the abode of the Rephaim (Gen. 14:5). It may be identified with Ashtaroth preceding; called “Karnaim”, i.e., the “two-horned” (the crescent moon). The Samaritan version renders the word by “Sunamein,” the present es-Sunamein, 28 miles south of Damascus.

Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)

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