Bible Person
Meaning: handling; stroking; taking away · Male · 8 cross references
Chemosh is the god of Moab, remembered in Israel's Scriptures as a rival deity tied to foreign worship and abomination. This entry is not a historical person but a named divine figure in the biblical portrayal of surrounding nations. First appears in Num 21:29.1
AI summary: Chemosh matters because the cross references present him as a focal point of Moabite identity and of Israel's temptation toward syncretism. Solomon builds for Chemosh, judges and prophets denounce the worship attached to him, and the Moabite world uses his name to frame victory and loyalty. His presence in Scripture therefore helps define what covenant faithfulness must reject. Taken together, the material presents Chemosh as a rival cult figure whose name marks the spiritual and political pull of Moab against Israel's exclusive allegiance to the Lord.1
Central Figure
Chemosh
Meaning: handling; stroking; taking away
The destroyer, subduer, or fish-god, the god of the Moabites (Num.
The destroyer, subduer, or fish-god, the god of the Moabites (Num. 21:29; Jer. 48:7, 13, 46). The worship of this god, “the abomination of Moab,” was introduced at Jerusalem by Solomon (1 Kings 11:7), but was abolished by Josiah (2 Kings 23:13). On the “Moabite Stone” (q.v.), Mesha (2 Kings 3:5) ascribes his victories over the king of Israel to this god, “And Chemosh drove him before my sight.” 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.