Ashteroth-karnaim
Ashteroth-karnaim (Biblical Place • 32.767°N, 36.017°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 14:5 . It is closely linked with Karnaim (Biblical Place • Ashteroth-karnaim • 32.767°N, 36.017°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Amos 6:13 (identified with Ashteroth-karnaim).
Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage
Ishmael (Generation 21 • Child of Abram/Abraham ): ( Genesis 16:16 , 1 Chronicles 1:28 , Genesis 25:17 ) Ishmael became an archer ( Genesis 21:20 ). (mentioned in Genesis 16 , Genesis 17 , Genesis 21 ) Shem (Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah ): ( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 ) (mentioned in Genesis 5 , Genesis 6 , Genesis 7 ) Ithamar (Generation 27 • Child of Aaron ): ( Exodus 6:23 , Numbers 3:2 , Numbers 26:60 , 1 Chronicles 6:3 , 1 Chronicles 24:1 ) Moses , Aaron , and his sons were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, toward the sunrise ( Numbers 3:38 ). (mentioned in Exodus 6 , Exodus 28 , Exodus 38 ) Gaham (Generation 21 • Child of Nahor ): Mother:Reumah ( Genesis 22:24 ) (mentioned in Genesis 22 )
Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture
Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Ashteroth-karnaim (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 14:5 .) Karnaim (Ancient biblical location referenced in Amos 6:13 (identified with Ashteroth-karnaim ).) Ashtaroth (Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 1:4 , Josh 9:10 , Josh 12:4 , Josh 13:12 , Josh 13:31 , 1 Chr 6:71 .) Beeshterah (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 21:27 (identified with Ashtaroth ).)
Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context
Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Genesis 14:5 : "And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim , and the Zuzims in Ham , and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriatha..."; AP.1ES 8:38: "of the sons of Azgad. Astath, Joannes son of Hakkatan Akatan, and with him a hundred and ten men:"; Esther 15:14 : "In the fourth year of the reigns of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who was himself a priest and born of the Levites , and Ptolemy his son, brought this epistle of Purim, which th...". Related canonical books and chapters: Genesis 14 ( Genesis • Chapter 14 (24 verses)), Esther (Old Testament • 10 Chapters), 1 Esdras ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 9 Chapters).