A king in the days of Sennacherib was called "Chemoshnadab" "K | PEOR his other Name, when he entic'd ISRAEL in SITTIM on their march from NILE To do him wanton rites, which cost them woe |
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This movement by Solomon was no doubt to some extent a political one, but it made the worship of Chemosh a part of the religious life of Israel for nearly 400 years |
Whatever differences of conception may have attached to the god at different shrines, there is no adequate reason for doubting the substantial identity of the gods to whom these various names were applied.
He is most notably attested in the and the | Peake wrongly holds that Ashtar-Chemosh was a deity distinct from Chemosh, while Moore and Bäthgen Beiträge zur Semitischen Religionsgeschichte, p |
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An ancient poem, twice quoted in the Old Testament Num | את הסדרה יצרו ליאור דיין ואסף קורמן, שהאחרון גם הופקד על הבימוי שלה |
However, given that he is also known from as Kamish, it is also speculated he might be a form of the deity.
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