God, in answer to this question, says, "you will destroy it entirely." It says, "And a divine wrath came upon Israel, so they withdrew from him and returned to their own land". In 2 Kings 3:18-19, Elisha relates Jehovah's prophecy that the armies of Israel will defeat the Moabites: And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. There is no sense whatsoever that one god is true, and the other false. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. The texts confirmed some of the names of Israels deities including Elyon. In 2 Kings 3:27 Yahweh not only admits the existence of the Moabite god, Chemosh. King Mesha of Moab erected the Moabite Stone to his god Chemosh to commemorate Mesha's breaking of Israel's domination, which, he says, had lasted 40 years and was allowed by Chemosh because he was "angry with his land." This revolt of Moab is usually considered to be related to the events recorded in the third chapter of 2 Kings. Adonis | Anat | Asherah | Ashima | Astarte | Atargatis | But then we changed and we were blessed by God and beat them back. Chemosh seems to have also had a taste for blood. Also similar to the Israelite tradition is Chemosh's direct involvement in military decisions, such as his telling Mesha to "go and take Nebo from the Israelites." An ancient poem, twice quoted in the Old Testament (Num. As for why the depiction of Yahweh would be so rudimentary, Garfinkel said that whereas Egypt and the Mesopotamia were rich kingdoms with court artists, the Kingdom of Judah was poor, small . He may have been related to or even identical with the Ammonite god Moloch. Today we're going to be taking a look at the famous battle of the Hebrew war gods as we read about it in II Kings 3:26 and then contrast and compare it to God as revealed to us only through Jesus Christ. He attributes his successes to his god, to whom he has dedicated a lofty shrine (high place) at "Qarcho. 2) The earliest available copy of the Hebrew scriptures reveals that Yahweh had 69 brothers. (Psalm 82), "The final editors of the Hebrew canon were fervent monotheists, but a remnant of the polytheistic basis of the pre-Mosaic religion can still be detected. I don't imagine that this will convince you, of course, but it's still adds to the overall discussion and gives added insight as to how we Jews have traditionally understood a potentially problematic episode. You will overthrow every fortified city and every major town." Matthew Henry suggests that the sacrifice was inspired by Satan. Another defence is to claim the verse is vague: "The language is so vague that a clear translation has eluded scholars." Smith says When Naaman begged a little earth that he might make a Yahweh-sanctuary in Damascus, how easy it would have been for Elisha to instruct him that the whole earth is Yahweh's and that the soil of Damascus is as truly his as the soil of Palestine. ', https://www.firstbiblenetwork.com/PrenicenePerspective.html, https://www.firstbiblenetwork.com/FBNRadio.html, https://www.compellingtruth.org/Moabites.html, http://web.mit.edu/jywang/www/cef/Bible/NIV/NIV_Bible/2KGS+3.html, https://apologeticspress.org/ruth-david-and-a-moabite-mandate-5633/, https://classroom.synonym.com/religious-offerings-and-sacrifices-to-the-greek-gods-12086670.html, https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-moabites, --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/firstbiblenetwork/message. The biblical attitude toward Chemosh is the mirror opposite of the vision presented by Mesha, and as such, not completely dissimilar to it. Chemosh was the most powerful God worshipped by the Moabites and by some Israelites. This rules out Jehovah's omnipotence. Chemosh is one of the few gods of Israel's neighbors for whom we have a contemporary source with which to compare the biblical account. In 2 Kings 3, Moab was a vassal to Israel, and it decided to rebel against Israel. The ultimate journey is to understand ourselves. (Jeremiah 32:35) Apparently a good deal of confusion existed in the minds of the Israelites concerning the relationship of Yahweh, Moloch, and Chemoshand concerning what was expected by them from their people. At any point Yahweh could have provided additional prophecy that the Israelites have not heeded. He was incredibly wise and compassionate to those that came to him for guidance, but not always. He also names Mesha as the son of Chemosh. Nergal Baal Berith Anammelech Nibhaz Ninurta Dagon. However, the theme of promised land to a people by that peoples deity was a commonplace among the geopolitical and literary landscape of the ancient Near Eastern world. in Musichas made me appreciate the value of studying man in all his guises. Albrecht Alt has shown that divine titles such as 'El Bet' el (Gen. 31:13; 35:7); 'El 'Olam (Gen. 21:33); and 'El Ro'i (Gen. 16:13); 'El 'Elyon (Gen. 14:18); and 'El Saddai (Gen. 17:1); all later taken to be one God (Yahweh) after Moses, were all originally separate gods worshipped by the early Hebrews.3 The Catholic scholar Bruce Vawter concurs with Alt. This is fitting, considering that God . Chemosh was the national deity of the Moabites whose name most likely meant "destroyer," "subduer," or "fish god." While he is most readily associated with the Moabites, according to Judges 11:24 he seems to have been the national deity of the Ammonites as well. (Deuteronomy 2:9). But which deity? It's predictive power is a bit suspect but it's never really wrong! Only later, when subsequent biblical authors began to embrace monotheism, were the original writings suppressed. Of course, we cannot overlook the fact of . 4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. Another reason that the worship of Baal and Asherah was a perennial problem for Israel is due to what we could call national peer pressure. The etymology of "Chemosh" is unknown. Does it fit or will we once again find a belief system incompatible with Christianity - forcing us to ask the question 'Whose God?' Notes: The Very First Bible: https://www . #343. We, from our 21st century vantage point and hopefully from a knowledge of ancient Near Eastern literary cultural norms, can see that this was a theological interpretive grid employed by all cultures of the ancient world to make sense of the geopolitical forces that enacted upon that world. The Charge of Genocide A common attack today on Christianity has to do with the character of the God of the Old Testament. Understanding our biblical texts as suchas they truly are!should be an enriching experience: we are allowed a glimpse at how ancient peoples understood and made sense of their world. He was called by the ancient Israelites as "the abomination of Moab". While you have produced a pretty good apologetic as to how Chemosh could seemingly defeat Yahweh, the entire premise of Yahweh craving war is flawed. [7] Possibly Israel had the wrong allies and this angered Jehovah. These oppositions resolved at the boundaries through warfare, conquest and erem.7 . Begin! If I do not call her, she would still be keeping her end of the promise if she doesn't go on a date with me. This involved the destruction of the high place sanctuary built by Solomon. You have perished, O people of Chemosh!" We saw in previous entries (Contradictions #364-369) that the author of Deuteronomy took liberties in having his Moses renarrate the Edom event, now presenting the Edomites as amicable toward their Israelite brethren and allowing them to pass through their territory and to procure food and drink. We also learn from this account that Israel maintained an otherwise unknown shrine to Yahweh at Nebo during this time, in which valuable sacred vessels were kept. Copy link. Jephthah is disputing the right of the Ammonites to invade territory which belongs to Israel because Yahweh has given it to them by conquest. Credit is due under the terms of this license that can reference both the New World Encyclopedia contributors and the selfless volunteer contributors of the Wikimedia Foundation. And he asks: 1. The Hebrew word there, , is exclusively used in Classical Hebrew to describe the wrath of a deity. Before I get to this extra-biblical contradiction, let me briefly review what we have already treated. . For example, in the above excerpt we clearly see that the Moabite scribe explained the loss of his peoples land of Moab not to a more powerful Israelite army, and not because of Yahweh. ), Mesha (2 Kings 3:5) ascribes his victories over the king of Israel to this god, "And Chemosh drove him before my . We also learn that Chemosh communicated with the king, probably through a form of divination similar to the many biblical references to Israelite kings "inquiring of the Lord." The Concise Matthew Henry Commentary, (2KG 3,7), 1838, https://religions.wiki/index.php?title=Jehovah_defeated_by_Chemosh&oldid=28918, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5. Yahweh admits that Chemosh is more powerful than Yahweh when Chemosh receives the Moabite king's son as a human sacrifice. That suggests it wasnt redacted until the exile period, when the Pentatuch was created, as opposed to an earlier JE redaction. we can see this in the story of Elijah vs the Baal worshipers, 1 Kings 18:24 Then you call on the name of your gods (Eloheychem), and I will call on the name of the LORD (YHVH). It makes no sense for Yahweh to be angry with the Israelites for what the king of Moab did; if anything, he'd be mad at the king, and give Israel a victory. She would only be breaking her promise if I called her that day I was supposed to and she didn't go on a date with me. Why would an omnipotent being be in any need of war? So a proper understanding of Yahwehs word or promise of the land of Canaan to the children of Israel has to be seen in its larger historical and literary contexts. Do you think it is inconceivable that a follower of Yahweh could acknowledge the existence of another god? This article incorporates text from the 19011906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain. The obvious implication is that the god Chemosh, happy with the sacrifice, caused Israel's defeat. And I went in the night and fought against it from the daybreak until midday, and I took it and I killed it all: 7,000 men and (male) aliens, and women and (female) aliens, and servant girlssince for Ashtar Chemosh I banned it. Where was Kadesh: in the Wilderness of Paran OR the Wilderness of Zin? Yahweh is not some sort of omnipotent being in much of the Bible. So Israel is made up of humans, and Elijah's prophecy is not a prophecy of predestined destruction of Moab. Are Yahweh and El the same god OR different gods? The Israelites were driven back by divine wrath opposing their gods will. The Lord has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab."'). in accordance with New World Encyclopedia standards. Disspossess so to inherit his land! (Deut 2:24, 31). There's actually an interesting discussion of this in the Talmud, Sanhedrin 39b. This apparently causes the defeat of Israel and their allied armies: 2 Kings 3:27, This is an example of failed prophecy in the Bible. In Babylonian or Greek mythologies we find one god struggling upwards, and he assumes a position and remains there, while the other gods die out. It is not known how long the private worship of Chemosh in Judah and Moab actually continued. 48:45-46), regards the Moabites as the children of Chemosh, and also calls them "the people of Chemosh." Ugaritic mythology plainly states that the head of its pantheon, El (who, like the God of the Bible, is also referred to as El Elyon, the "Most High") fathered seventy sons, thereby specifying the number of the "sons of El" (Ugaritic, bn il). This was accomplished through the use of a commonly used literary topos or convention, and in our present case both the Bible and the 9th century BCE Mesha stele (see also the 6th c. Babylonian cylinder seal) bear witness to this literary convention. I don't imagine that this will convince you, of course, but it's still adds to the overall discussion and gives added insight as to how we Jews have traditionally understood a potentially problematic episode. 221:27-30; Jer. Yahweh vs. Chemosh: Battle of the Hebrew War Gods in II Kings 3:26. firstbiblenetwork.substack.com. The goddess Astarte was probably the cult partner of Chemosh. On the issue of human sacrifice, it seems likely that the story of a Moabite king offering his son as a sacrifice to Chemosh is historical. Mesha made it clear that he understood Chemosh's anger and the reason he allowed the Moabites to fall under the rule of Israel. For my part, my unique educational trajectory through various disciplines of the HumanitiesPh.D. (Deut 2:24, 31). Also known as the "Mesha Stele," this remarkable monument was erected about 850 B.C.E. After passing through Edom, did Yahweh speak to Moses about the dispossession of Moab, Edom, and Ammon OR not? Will B. says Thus we come to understand, and I would argue even appreciate, the literature of the Bible with its theological argument that Yahweh granted land and took land away to/from his people and other peoples as nothing more than an ancient theological interpretive lens through which the vicissitudes of the ancient Near Eastern world played itself out. [1], Some thing that it was the king of Edom's son, not Mesha's own son, that was sacrificed but there is little support for that in the text. (Num 21:10 vs Num 33:41), #166. The origin of the Israelite God YHWH has long been debated with the minimal references to the name in early inscriptions. I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession." //, It does NOT say "the Israelites became afraid and stopped fighting.". Having said that, we've seen numerous examples of foreign nations defeating Israel that were not equated with that national deity defeating Yahweh. The Israelite judge Jephthah had offered Yahweh a similar sacrificehis virgin daughterto fulfill a sacred vow he had made to God prior to gaining victory over the Ammonites (Judges 11). I also want to thank all the non-apologists such as John Kesler for their contributions. In the Moabite Inscription, Chemosh's wrath ends in Yahweh's defeat and the fleeing of Israel. Such synthesis reveals the masculinization of Ashtoreth, a Canaanite goddess worshiped by Moabites and other Semitic peoples. Elohim, singular Eloah, (Hebrew: God), the God of Israel in the Old Testament. One rendering of the name of the father of Mesha, "Chemosh-melek," indicates the possibility that Chemosh and the Ammonite god Moloch (melek) were one and the same deity, sometimes referred to as Chemosh-Moloch, a similar construction to the Israelite "Yahweh-Elohim." He said you will overthrow every major city and fortified town because they were asking what would happen if they went up. 2) The Hebrew text underlying the Septuagint reading of Deuteronomy 32:8-9 (below) from the most ancient available manuscript evidence (The Dead Sea Scrolls) reveals that Yahweh did indeed have 69 brothers. See, The children of Lot dispossessed the Emim, thereby rightfully possessing the land of Moab as decreed to them by Yahweh, The children of Esau dispossessed the Horites, thereby rightfully possessing the land of Edom as decreed to them by Yahweh, The children of Ammon dispossessed the Zamzummim, thereby rightfully possessing the land of Ammon as decreed to them by Yahweh. Qetesh | As a review of the discrepancies between the Moab traditions in our sources, I briefly note the following in chronological order: 1. It is an attempt to understand man, including our forefathers, in all his aspects. Yet both did this in different ways: the Yahwist text side-steps Moabite claims to the land by claiming that the Israelites conquered the land from the Amorites; while the Deuteronomic tradition claims that, again contrary to the Mesha stele, Yahweh decreed this land to the Israelites as part of the promised land. The 8th 9th century Yahwist Tradition (Num 21:15-31), 2. 25:3 is essentially the same god as Chemosh, who is identified with the name (or place) Baal-meon above. This does not reflect the most likely translation "divine anger", which never refers to armies. What were the borders of the land of Canaan promised to the patriarchs by Yahweh: from the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates, #13. First, he was Moab's national god. Kam 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 Kam". Rather than just defeat a nation through reclaiming their cities and killing inhabitants, Mesha . Learn Religions, Nov. 12, 2021, learnreligions.com/chemosh-lord-of-the-moabites-117630. This appears to be the case, and every major city is destroyed except Kir Hareseth, or "Fortified City of Dirt." Moab was not "handed over". So the Bible has lied, do you not believe Yahwey was defeated by Chemosh? [3] Apologetics God promised Israel victory if they fought, and all this story is saying is that Israel decided to turn their back on victory when total victory was granted. Listen to Yahweh vs. Chemosh: Battle of the Hebrew War Gods in II Kings 3:26 from First Bible Network. in Early Christianity; D.E.A. Mythologists and other scholars suggest that such activity may be due to the fact the Chemosh and other Canaanite gods such as the Baals, Moloch, Thammuz, and Baalzebub were all personifications of the sun or the sun's rays. Israel lost! (For the unusual circumstances surrounding its discovery, see Archaeology and Biblical Research, Winter 1991: 2-3).Mesha was ruler of the small kingdom of Moab, east of the Dead Sea, in the mid-ninth century BC.He was a contemporary of Jehoshaphat, king of the . And from there I took the vessels of Yahweh, and I brought them before Chemosh.". Learn Religions. Hadad | Kothar | Melqart | Mot | Moloch | your conclusion does not follow. Certainly in polytheistic religions, gods do lose battles. (Num 10:12 vs Num 11:35), #27. To cite this article click here for a list of acceptable citing formats.The history of earlier contributions by wikipedians is accessible to researchers here: The history of this article since it was imported to New World Encyclopedia: Note: Some restrictions may apply to use of individual images which are separately licensed. Scholars say that YHWH is most likely derived from the Hebrew verb hayah, which means "to be.". Each nations deitybe it Yahweh, Marduk, Chemsoh, Osiris, etc.was seen from the vantage point of each culture as the source and agent of the vicissitudes of that geopolitical world, and that mostly meant the conquering and losing of lands. How many Israelites left Egypt during the Exodus: 600,000 OR 625,550? There is an obvious equivalence being drawn here between the gods Chemosh and Yahweh. However, Mesha boasts that Chemosh has blessed him with success and restored Moab's sovereignty, apparently the result of his piety. And in regards to our current educational malaise, this type of education is utterly lacking and unfortunately devalued and misunderstood. Rites involving this god were said to be cruel also and may have involved human sacrifice. Just as the worship of Yahweh set Israelites apart from other peoples during the Iron Age II, so did the Ammonites' worship of Milcom distinguish them from their closest neighbors and rivals. Please, How would the Pre-Nicene Christians view the tumultuous events of today? While he is most readily associated with the Moabites, according to Judges 11:24 he seems to have been the national deity of the Ammonites as well. Yahweh vs. Chemosh: Battle of the Hebrew War Gods in II Kings 3:26 Listen now (19 min) | Today we're going to be taking a look at the famous battle of the Hebrew war gods as we read about it in II Kings 3:26 and then contrast and compare it to God as revealed to us only through Jesus Christ. Note that the Hebrew states, "they will judge," not "he will judge," therefore we are looking at two different Elohim, one belonging to Abraham (the ancestor of Jacob) and the other to Nahhor (the ancestor of Laban). By command of Chemosh, Mesha attacked Nebo and fought against Israel, and after a fierce struggle he took the place, slaying the inhabitants en masse, 7,000 men and women and maidservants, devoting the city to 'Ashtor-Chemosh and dragging the altar vessels of Yahweh before Chemosh. Identified verse by verse and explained using the most up-to-date scholarly information about the Bible, its texts, and the men who wrote them by Dr. Steven DiMattei. But according to the one who says that he sacrificed him for the sake of idol worship, why would the verse state: And there wasindignation? Thank you for all your hard work here. They encompass a much larger panorama: man in all his splendor and tragedy. King Solomon dedicated an altar to Chemosh outside of Jerusalem in honor of his Moabite wife. 16, ln. Within the text, the inscriber mentions Chemosh twelve times. For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods [ELOHIM] of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord [YAHWEH] EXODUS 12:12. Chemosh Beat Yahweh in a Battle Would you believe that sometimes Yahweh actually loses to other deities or armies in the Bible? and our So, defeated by the non-existent god Kemosh I can conceive of a greater being. Some hold that the Moabite god "Baal-peor" of Num. [5] The great divine wrath might have therefore been satanic. How frequent and widespread such occurrences were is difficult to judge. 6 I said, You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High. 7 But you will die like mere mortals; you will fall like every other ruler., 8 Rise up, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are your inheritance. The Very First Bible: Elyon The term "Elyon", which occurs 53 times in the Old Testament, means "highest". They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had chariots fitted with iron. The devil is in the details, it seems. Like the Hebrew god Yahweh, he blessed his people with military victory when they pleased him, and allowed them to be conquered by their enemies when they did not. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, atheist w.r.t the Christian God | agnostic w.r.t others. Little is known about Chemosh; although King Solomon of Israel built a sanctuary to him east of Jerusalem (1 Kings 11:7), the shrine was later demolished by King Josiah (2 Kings 23:13). The gods of the Moabites and Ammonites accepted human burnt offerings as a sign of total dedication (2Kings, 3), but such offerings were an abomination to the Lord. This article abides by terms of the Creative Commons CC-by-sa 3.0 License (CC-by-sa), which may be used and disseminated with proper attribution. Why would he respond to a Moabite human sacrifice, break his own prophecy of victory, and force his own armies into retreat? Angels are Elohim. This practice, while gruesome, was certainly not unique to the Moabites, as such rites were commonplace in the various Canaanite religious cults, including those of the Baals and Moloch. Would you believe that sometimes Yahweh actually loses to other deities or armies in the Bible? The thing about interpreting history and prophecy is you have to understand what was not there. The Moabites suffer a series of military defeats. S o begins one of the most extraordinary ancient documents ever found. Chemosh, the subduer, was the national god of the Moabites and was also worshiped by the Ammonites. Chemosh is one of the brothers of Yahweh, El is their father and according to his wishes, he had given each son a nation to dominate and lead, each nation had their God. as a record of Mesha's victories in his revolt against the Kingdom of Israel after the death of his overlord, King Ahab. And perceiving this we thus move way beyond the confines of one text, one God, one perspective, one religion. (Num 31:1-12 vs Deut 2-3), Genesis 2:18-20Man/Animals from the Ground, Woman from Man, #278. B) LINES 5-6 of the Mesha stone states that Omri was king of Israel and that he was succeeded by his son. Now, why would there be a great wrath upon Israel if the only god in existence were Yahweh? "We have ample and melancholy evidence on this subject from the records of antiquity." It was believed that human sacrifice to Baal held the key to prosperity. This does not seem likely since Jehovah had promised Israel would prevail over the Moabites and it is not suggested in the text. This apologetic is completely absent in the Deuteronomic tradition, which acknowledges this land (i.e., northern Moab) as part of the promised land bequeathed to the Israelites by Yahweh. Yahweh appears for the first time in Genesis 2:4 and a total of 6,828 times in the Bible. in Hellenistic Judaism; M.A. It's actually simple, what you are talking about. We know that Yahweh's brother, Chemosh, got the region of the Moabites. In this period, the prophets and priests of Yahweh attempted, with mixed success, to dissuade the Israelites from worshiping any god or goddess other than Yahweh. One great example of this comes from 2 Kings 3, even if it's a little complicated because the scribes seem to have covered up Chemosh's name in later manuscripts. The biblical hero, Jephthah, gave Chemosh equal billing with Yahweh. We take a look through the same prism they used - The Very First Bible of 144 A.D. - and it results in a perspective that may shock you. 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