Heavenly host (Hebrew: צבאות sabaoth, “armies”) refers to the army (Luke 2:13) of angels mentioned both in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, as well as other Jewish and Christian texts.
Several descriptions of angels in the Bible describe them in military terms, such as encampment (Genesis 32:1-2), command structure (Psalms 91:11-12; Matthew 13:41; Revelation 7:2), and combat (Judges 5:20; Job 19:12; Revelation 12:7). The heavenly host participate in the War in Heaven and, according to some interpretations, will battle Satan and Satan’s own army at the End of Days and be victorious.
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Keywords: Heavenly host, Host, God of armies, God the warrior, God of hosts, Lord of Hosts, armies of heaven, army of the LORD, Lord's army, Heavenly army, Elohe Tzevaot, Tzevaot, Sabaoth, Lord of Sabaoth
Bible reference(s): Joshua 5:13-15, Jdg 5:20, 1 Samuel 1:3, 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 4:4, 1 Samuel 15:2, 1 Samuel 17:45, 2 Samuel 5:10, 2 Samuel 6:2, 2 Samuel 6:18, 2 Samuel 7:8, 2 Samuel 7:26, 2 Samuel 7:27, 1 Kings 18:15, 1 Kings 19:10, 1 Kings 19:14, 2 Kings 3:14, 1 Chronicles 11:9, 1 Chronicles 17:7, 1 Chronicles 17:24, Job 19:12, Psalms 24:10, Psalms 46:7, Psalms 46:11, Psalms 48:8, Psalms 59:5, Psalms 69:6, Psalms 80:4, Psalms 80:7, Psalms 80:14, Psalms 80:19, Psalms 84:1, Psalms 84:3, Psalms 84:8, Psalms 84:12, Psalms 89:8, Isaiah 1:9, Isaiah 1:24, Isaiah 2:12, Isaiah 3:1, Isaiah 3:15, Isaiah 5:7, Isaiah 5:9, Isaiah 5:16, Isaiah 5:24, Isaiah 6:3, Isaiah 6:5, Isaiah 8:13, Isaiah 8:18, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 9:13, Isaiah 9:19, Isaiah 10:16, Isaiah 10:23, Isaiah 10:24, Isaiah 10:26, Isaiah 10:33, Isaiah 13:4, Isaiah 13:13, Isaiah 14:22, Isaiah 14:23, Isaiah 14:24, Isaiah 14:27, Isaiah 17:3, Isaiah 18:7, Isaiah 19:4, Isaiah 19:12, Isaiah 19:16, Isaiah 19:17, Isaiah 19:18, Isaiah 19:20, Isaiah 19:25, Isaiah 21:10, Isaiah 22:5, Isaiah 22:12, Isaiah 22:14, Isaiah 22:15, Isaiah 22:25, Isaiah 23:9, Isaiah 24:23, Isaiah 25:6, Isaiah 28:5, Isaiah 28:22, Isaiah 28:29, Isaiah 29:6, Isaiah 31:4, Isaiah 31:5, Isaiah 37:16, Isaiah 37:32, Isaiah 39:5, Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 45:13, Isaiah 47:4, Isaiah 48:2, Isaiah 51:15, Isaiah 54:5, Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 5:14, Jeremiah 6:6, Jeremiah 6:9, Jeremiah 7:3, Jeremiah 7:21, Jeremiah 8:3, Jeremiah 9:7, Jeremiah 9:15, Jeremiah 9:17, Jeremiah 10:16, Jeremiah 11:17, Jeremiah 11:20, Jeremiah 11:22, Jeremiah 15:16, Jeremiah 16:9, Jeremiah 19:3, Jeremiah 19:11, Jeremiah 19:15, Jeremiah 20:12, Jeremiah 23:15, Jeremiah 23:16, Jeremiah 23:36, Jeremiah 25:8, Jeremiah 25:27, Jeremiah 25:28, Jeremiah 25:29, Jeremiah 25:32, Jeremiah 26:18, Jeremiah 27:4, Jeremiah 27:18, Jeremiah 27:19, Jeremiah 27:21, Jeremiah 28:2, Jeremiah 28:14, Jeremiah 29:4, Jeremiah 29:8, Jeremiah 29:17, Jeremiah 29:21, Jeremiah 29:25, Jeremiah 30:8, Jeremiah 31:23, Jeremiah 31:35, Jeremiah 32:14, Jeremiah 32:15, Jeremiah 32:18, Jeremiah 33:11, Jeremiah 33:12, Jeremiah 35:13, Jeremiah 35:17, Jeremiah 35:18, Jeremiah 35:19, Jeremiah 38:17, Jeremiah 39:16, Jeremiah 42:15, Jeremiah 42:18, Jeremiah 43:10, Jeremiah 44:2, Jeremiah 44:7, Jeremiah 44:11, Jeremiah 44:25, Jeremiah 46:10, Jeremiah 46:18, Jeremiah 46:25, Jeremiah 48:1, Jeremiah 48:15, Jeremiah 49:5, Jeremiah 49:7, Jeremiah 49:26, Jeremiah 49:35, Jeremiah 50:18, Jeremiah 50:25, Jeremiah 50:31, Jeremiah 50:33, Jeremiah 50:34, Jeremiah 51:5, Jeremiah 51:14, Jeremiah 51:19, Jeremiah 51:33, Jeremiah 51:57, Jeremiah 51:58, Hosea 12:5, Amos 3:13, Amos 4:13, Amos 5:14, Amos 5:15, Amos 5:16, Amos 5:27, Amos 6:8, Amos 6:14, Amos 9:5, Micah 4:4, Nahum 2:13, Nahum 3:5, Habakkuk 2:13, Zephaniah 2:9, Zephaniah 2:10, Haggai 1:2, Haggai 1:5, Haggai 1:7, Haggai 1:9, Haggai 1:14, Haggai 2:4, Haggai 2:6, Haggai 2:7, Haggai 2:8, Haggai 2:9, Haggai 2:11, Haggai 2:23, Zechariah 1:3, Zechariah 1:4, Zechariah 1:6, Zechariah 1:12, Zechariah 1:14, Zechariah 1:16, Zechariah 1:17, Zechariah 2:8, Zechariah 2:9, Zechariah 2:11, Zechariah 3:7, Zechariah 3:9, Zechariah 3:10, Zechariah 4:6, Zechariah 4:9, Zechariah 5:4, Zechariah 6:12, Zechariah 6:15, Zechariah 7:3, Zechariah 7:4, Zechariah 7:9, Zechariah 7:12, Zechariah 7:13, Zechariah 8:1, Zechariah 8:2, Zechariah 8:3, Zechariah 8:4, Zechariah 8:6, Zechariah 8:7, Zechariah 8:9, Zechariah 8:11, Zechariah 8:14, Zechariah 8:18, Zechariah 8:19, Zechariah 8:20, Zechariah 8:21, Zechariah 8:22, Zechariah 8:23, Zechariah 9:15, Zechariah 10:3, Zechariah 12:5, Zechariah 13:2, Zechariah 13:7, Zechariah 14:16, Zechariah 14:17, Zechariah 14:21, Malachi 1:4, Malachi 1:6, Malachi 1:8, Malachi 1:9, Malachi 1:10, Malachi 1:11, Malachi 1:13, Malachi 1:14, Malachi 2:2, Malachi 2:4, Malachi 2:7, Malachi 2:8, Malachi 2:12, Malachi 2:16, Malachi 3:1, Malachi 3:5, Malachi 3:7, Malachi 3:10, Malachi 3:11, Malachi 3:12, Malachi 3:14, Malachi 3:17, Malachi 4:1, Malachi 4:3, Luke 2:13, Romans 9:29, James 5:4, Rev 12:7, Revelation 19:14, 4 Maccabees 4:11, 1 Esdras 9:46
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