Be Eshterah [Heb. be‘eshterah]. A Levitical city.
One of the two cities allotted to the sons of Gershon out of the territory of the tribe of Manasseh beyond Jordan (Josh 21:27). The name of the city is probably an abbreviation for Beth ‘Ashterah, “house of Astarte.” Be Eshterah seems identical with Ashtaroth (1 Chr 6:71).
Viacheslav Korchuk, “Be Eshterah,“ Seventh-day Adventist International Biblical-Theological Dictionary (2026-), ed. Daniel K. Bediako and Keldie Paroschi, https://dictionary.adventist.org/be-eshterah, accessed August 5, 2026
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