Chemosh in Biblical History

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Who is Chemosh?
CHE'MOSH
(subduer), the national deity of the Moabites, who were his people, as the Israelites are the people of Jehovah. Num 21:29; Jer 48:7, 1 Chr 2:46; called "the abomination of Moab." 1 Kgs 11:7. Solomon introduced, 1 Kgs 11:7, and Josiah suppressed, 2 Kgs 23:13, his worship in Jerusalem. Upon the recently discovered Moabite Stone, King Mesha, 2 Kgs 3:4, attributes to his god Chemosh his victories. See DIBON. The same traits of cruelty and lust prove him to have been identical with Molech, the god of the Ammonites. Jud 11:24. It was to Chemosh that Mesha offered his son. 2 Kgs 3:27; The god is also identified with Baal-Peor, Saturn, or Mars.

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