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Chemosh

Chemosh the destroyer, subduer, or fish-god, the god of the Moabites (Num 21:29; Jer 48:7, 13, 46). The worship of this god, "the abomination of Moab," was introduced at Jerusalem by Solomon (1Kings 11:7), but...

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Chemosh the destroyer, subduer, or fish-god, the god of the Moabites (Num 21:29; Jer 48:7, 13, 46). The worship of this god, "the abomination of Moab," was introduced at Jerusalem by Solomon (1Kings 11:7), but was abolished by Josiah (2Kings 23:13). On the "Moabite Stone" (q.v.), Mesha (2Kings 3:5) ascribes his victories over the king of Israel to this god, "And Chemosh drove him before my sight."

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