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Chemosh


Kee´mosh

The national god of Moab. Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the “abomination of Moab” (1Kgs 11:7; 1Kgs 11:33), which Josiah destroyed (2Kgs 23:13). In (Judg 11:24) he seems to have been the chief Ammonite deity.

  • Powell, Mark Allan, ed. HarperCollins Bible Dictionary. Abridged Edition. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009.