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Chemosh , identified, probably mistakenly, as the god of the Ammonites in the Bible (see Milcom ). In First and Second Kings, Solomon erected an altar to him at Jerusalem, and Josiah destroyed it.

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Chemosh The god of Moab for whom Solomon built a high place (1 Kgs. 11: 7) which Josiah later destroyed (2 Kgs. 23: 13). A stela dedicated to Chemosh by King Moab was discovered in 1868 with cultic language similar to that of Israelites for Yahweh.

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