ASHTAROTH, and ASHTAROTH-CARNAIM, a town of Bashan (Deut. i. 4; Josh. ix. 10). It is now usually identified with Mezarib, which was built about 350 years ago by the Sultan Selim, and consists of a castle and store-houses to supply provisions to the pilgrims on their way to Mecca. On an elevated spot at the extremity of a promontory advancing into the neighbouring lake, stands a sort of chapel, around which are many ruins of ancient buildings.—Buckingham's Arab Tribes.