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Chemosh (kē`mŏsh), identified, probably mistakenly, as the god of the Ammonites in the Bible (see Milcom Milcom (mĭl`kəm) [Heb.,=their king], in the Bible, god of the Ammonites whose cult Solomon introduced in Jerusalem. ..... Click the link for more information. ). In First and Second Kings, Solomon erected an altar to him at Jerusalem, and Josiah destroyed it. |
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Whilst I was gazing and wondering, suddenly it occurred to me--being familiar with the Old Testament--that Solomon went astray after strange gods, the names of three of whom I remembered--"Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh, the god of the Moabites, and Milcom, the god of the children of Ammon"--and I suggested to my companions that the figures before us might represent these false and exploded divinities. |
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