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Ashteroth-karnaim is a town in the Bible, about 136 km (84 miles) north-east of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 1 verse, Genesis 14:5.
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.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Ashteroth-karnaim is a town about 136 km (84 miles) north-east of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.
The King James Version names Ashteroth-karnaim in 1 verse, in 1 book.