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The 'Host of Heaven' is God's People
Commentators unanimously agree that the 'host of heaven' and the 'stars' are not literal celestial bodies. Instead, this is a powerful metaphor for God's covenant people, Israel. Scholars like Barnes and Gill specify this includes the priests, leaders, and the faithful, whom God considers His precious 'army' and whose leaders are like 'stars'.
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Daniel
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Albert Barnes
On Daniel 8:10
18th Century
Theologian
And it grew great - It became very powerful. This was eminently true of Antiochus, after having subdued Egypt, and so on.
Even to …
Charles Ellicott
On Daniel 8:10
19th Century
Bishop
The host of heaven.— Probably meaning the stars, as Jeremiah 33:22, but in a metaphorical sense indicating the people of Israel. (…
John Calvin
On Daniel 8:10
16th Century
Theologian
Here Daniel continues the vision he had received. We have already shown the object of the Almighty to be the preparation of the faithful to bear se…
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John Gill
On Daniel 8:10
17th Century
Pastor
And it grew great, even to the host of heaven
The people of the Jews, the army of the living God, the church militan…
Matthew Henry
On Daniel 8:1–14
17th Century
Minister
God gives Daniel a foresight of the destruction of other kingdoms, which in their day were as powerful as that of Babylon. If we could foresee the …