Chemosh

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.

1Kgs 11:7

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1Kgs 11:33

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2Kgs 23:13

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Judg 11:24

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