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'Chemosh was angry with his land'
Mesha explains that Omri oppressed Moab because Chemosh was angry with his land. It's the same logic the Bible uses for Israel's defeats.
A shared theology of defeat.
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The rest of the inscription tells how Chemosh restored territories east of the Jordan that Omri and his son had conquered.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 79
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