Ashteroth Karnaim was a city in the land of
Bashan, east of the
Jordan River, mentioned in and (where it is rendered simply as "Ashteroth"). The name translates literally to 'Ashteroth of the Horns', with '
Ashteroth' being a
Canaanite fertility goddess, and 'horns' being symbolic of mountain peaks. It is possibly the same as Carnaim in
First Maccabees and Carnion in
Second Maccabees.