City of Bashan in the kingdom of Og, on the east of the Jordan. It was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh and afterward devoted to the Levites (Deut. 1:4; Josh. 9:10; Josh. 12:4; Josh. 13:12,31; 1 Chron. 6:71): apparently the same as BEESH-TERAH in Joshua 21:27. Identified with Tell Ashtarah, 32° 50' N, 36° 1' E.