| Judges 11:24
| Are not those things which thy god Chamos possesseth, due to thee by right? But what the Lord our God hath obtained by conquest, shall be our possession:
| Chamos. The idol of the Moabites and Ammonites. He argues from their opinion, who thought they had a just title to the countries which they imagined they had conquered by the help of their gods: how much more then had Israel an indisputable title to the countries which God, by visible miracles, had conquered for them. (Challoner) --- Hebrew, "And shall not we possess those (counties occupied by the people whom) the Lord our God has driven out from before us?" (Haydock) --- The Emim had been expelled by the people, Deuteronomy 2:10. Chamos was the peculiar deity of Moab, (Numbers 21:29., and Jeremias 48:46., etc.; Calmet) and signifies "as taking away." It is commonly supposed to be the sun. (Haydock)
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