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HOST OF HEAVEN

Heavenly bodies, specifically the sun, moon, and stars (Deut. 4:19), or heavenly beings, especially angels (Neh. 9:6; Ps. 103:20-21). Israel was prohibited from worshipping heavenly bodies (Deut. 17:3, 5; 2 Kgs. 23:4-5), but it did so (Jer. 19:13; Zeph. 1:5), even during the Exodus (Acts 7:43). Such abomination (2 Kgs. 17:16; 21:3, 5) led to the nation’s demise (Jer. 8:2). The “host of heaven” also refers to angels, those who attend and worship God (1 Kgs. 22:19 = 2 Chr. 18:18; cf. Luke 2:13).

The innumerable “host of heaven” is used metaphorically to denote God’s rich blessings to those who maintain covenant faithfulness with him (Jer. 33:22; cf. Gen. 15:5). In prophetic symbolism, the phrase is interpreted variously as stars, angels, deities, and the persecuted people of God (Dan. 8:10-11).

Kenneth D. Mulzac






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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