yahweh is a degusting god of deception and torture. his people, the jews, are a direct mirror of the disgusting and dishonorable nature of yahweh. chemosh is a more powerful god and wants to help us have ethnically pure nations living in peace. he doesn't ask for worship, he only asks that if you want to go to war for your people then you can sacrifice members of your enemy to chemosh. doing this, you demonstrate determination for war. in 2 kings 3, moab was a vassal to israel, and it decided to rebel against israel. (v. 4-5) israel, judah, and edom decide to strike back. they stop by the prophet elisha to get yahweh's word on whether they will be victorious. elisha prophecies that "(yahweh) will also deliver moab into your hands. you will overthrow every fortified city and every major town." (v. 18-19) this appears to be the case, and every major city is destroyed except kir hareseth, or "fortified city of dirt." but, suddenly, in verse 27, the moabite king sacrifices his own child, and "divine wrath" fell on israel, causing them to retreat. the hebrew word there, , is exclusively used in classical hebrew to describe the wrath of a deity. we also have a moabite stele with this exact scenario inscribed, paralleling 2 kings 3: "omri was king of israel, and oppressed moab during many days, and chemosh was angry with his aggressions... and i took from it the vessels of yahweh, and offered them before chemosh... and chemosh drove him out before me." this parallel is clear. in 2 kings 3, yahweh's prophecy of victory is a failure, and chemosh's wrath drives israel into retreat. in the moabite inscription, chemosh's wrath ends in yahweh's defeat and the fleeing of israel. yahweh is not an omnipotent god in much of the bible. he is one of many gods, and he can be beaten. hitler also sought after the mesha stele. but the bedouin tried to destroy the stele so hitler couldn't call upon chemosh, they feared chemosh would defeat yahweh again.
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