The destroyer, subduer, or fish-god, the god of the Moabites ( Numbers 21:29 ; Jeremiah 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."
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source-manifest/easton— Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)