Chemosh

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Chemosh
Possible depiction of Chemosh as a warrior god on the Shihan stele
Moabite	𐤊𐤌𐤔‎ Kamōš
Venerated in	Moab, Jordan
Major cult center	Kirioth
Equivalents
Arabian equivalent	ʿAṯtar

Chemosh (Moabite: 𐤊𐤌𐤔‎, romanized: Kamōš; Biblical Hebrew: כְּמוֹשׁ, romanized: Kəmōš) is an ancient Semitic deity whose existence is recorded during the Iron Age. Chemosh was the supreme deity of the Canaanite state of Moab and the patron-god of its population, the Moabites,^[1][2] who in consequence were called the "People of Chemosh".^[3] Chemosh is primarily attested from Moabite inscriptions and the Hebrew Bible.^[2]