Chemosh
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chemosh-206-4458611
title:
Chemosh
text:
Chemosh is a Canaanite deity worshipped by Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples who occupied the region known in the Hebrew Bible as Moab, in modern-day Jordan east of the Dead Sea, during the Levantine Bronze and Iron Ages. Chemosh was the supreme deity of the Canaanite state of Moab and the patron-god of its population, the Moabites, who in consequence were called the "People of Chemosh". The name and significance of Chemosh are historically attested in the Moabite-language inscriptions on the Mes
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
God of the Moabites, mentioned in Bible
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemosh
date created:
2004-09-16T12:09:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T16:36:07Z
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13
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