entities: ENT_MOA_KEMOSH

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_MOA_KEMOSH Kemosh   Moabite National deity War Deity war; national sovereignty; destruction; divine anger; restoration       A           National deity of Moab; also spelled Chemosh, Kamosh. Primary attestation: the Mesha Stele (c. 840 BCE; KAI 181), which names Kemosh nine times and presents him as the supreme deity of Moab — the one whose anger caused Moab's subjugation under Israel, and whose favour enabled its restoration. The theological structure of the Mesha Stele exactly mirrors Deuteronomistic theology: "Omri, king of Israel, humiliated Moab many years, for Kemosh was angry with his land." Kemosh commands military campaigns directly: "Go, take Nebo against Israel" (line 14). Kemosh receives the spoils of battle as ḥērem (sacred destruction/devotion). Hebrew Bible: Numbers 21:29 calls the Moabites "the people of Kemosh"; Judges 11:24 records Jephthah's argument that each people holds the land its deity grants; 1 Kings 11:7,33 reports Solomon building a high place for Kemosh on the Mount of Olives; Jeremiah 48:7,13,46 announces Kemosh's exile in judgment. Kemosh is a war and storm deity; later Hellenistic sources equated him with Ares. Dearman (1989) pp. 95-160; Cross (1973) pp. 228-229. deity

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