CARNAIM*
Important fortress city in Gilead after the Babylonian exile. Judas Maccabeus destroyed Carnaim, including its temple of Atargatis, the Syrian fish goddess (1 Macc 5:26, 43-44; 2 Macc 12:21-23, 26). See Ashteroth-karnaim.
Important fortress city in Gilead after the Babylonian exile. Judas Maccabeus destroyed Carnaim, including its temple of Atargatis, the Syrian fish goddess (1 Macc 5:26, 43-44; 2 Macc 12:21-23, 26). See Ashteroth-karnaim.