or CHAMOSH, the name of a national god of the Moabites and of the Ammonites, whose worship was introduced among the Israelites by Solomon (1 Kings xi. 7). No etymology of the name which has been proposed, and no attempt which has been made to identify this god with others whose attributes are better known, are sufficiently plausible to deserve particular notice. Jerome's notion that Chemosh is the same as Baal Peer has no historical foundation; and the only theory which rests on any probability is that which assumes a resemblance between Chemosh and Arabian idolatry (cf. Beyer, Addit. ad Selden, p. 322; Pocock, Specimen, p. 307). Jewish tradition affirms that he was worshipped under the symbol of a black star; and Maimonides states that his worshippers went bareheaded, and abstained from the use of garments sewn with the needle. The black star, the connection with Arabian idolatry, and the fact that Chemosh is coupled with Moloch, favour the theory that he had some analogy with the planet Saturn.