Chemosh
Americannoun
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Yet he resists temptation, and except for a few scenes in which priests of Chemosh, played by weight lifters in green lingerie, clomp about to oboe music, the picture is commendably unepic.
From Time Magazine Archive
As in old days, "on that opprobrious hill," the temple of Chemosh had stood close by that of Moloch, so now we find the spoliarium beside the fornices—Lust hard by Hate.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
Just as a King of Israel would speak of Jahweh, the King of Moab speaks of Chemosh.
From God and my Neighbour by Blatchford, Robert
Assur was not a Baal any more than Yahveh was in Israel or Chemosh in Moab.
From Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
The Mesha inscription furnishes facts bearing on Moabite handwriting and language, the belief in the god Chemosh, the practices belonging to his cult, the war between the Moabites and Israel.
From Introduction to the Study of History by Berry, George Godfrey
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