A city in the half-tribe of Manasseh that was given to the Levitical family of Gershonites in the dividing of the promised land (Joshua 21:27). The name is a shortened form for Beth-ashtaroth (“house or place of Ashtaroth”). It is probably the same as the city of Ashtaroth (1 Chronicles 6:71).
Be-Eshterah
From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.