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ASHTEROTH-KARNAIM.—The scene of Chedorlaomer’s defeat of the Rephaim (Gen_14:5). It is perhaps mentioned in Amo_6:13 (EV [Note: English Version.] ‘Have we not taken to us horns (Karnaim) by our own strength?’). It is identical with Carnion or Carnain, after whose capture, in b.c. 164, Judas Maccabæus destroyed the temple of Atargatis (wh. see), whither the inhabitants had fled for refuge (2Ma_12:21 f., cf. 1Ma_5:43 f.). For interpretation of name see Ashtoreth, and for location, Ashtaroth.
N. Koenig.