Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'host' occurs 198 times in the standard works.

66 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'host' in the standard works and contain 33.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 28 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 7:8-15 (9 in 8 verses)

Num. 10:22-27 (6 in 6 verses)

Dan. 8:10-13 (5 in 4 verses)

Judg. 4:15-16 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 7:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 8:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 12:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

Num. 10:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Num. 10:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 24:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 14:24 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 2:32 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 9:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 34:4 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 2:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Josh. 5:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 6:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 14:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 16:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)


2 Chr. 24:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

 24:23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

 24:24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the Lord delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 188 312 500
Gen. 4 4 8
Ex. 7 1 8
Num. 27 3 30
Deut. 5 0 5
Josh. 6 2 8
Judg. 20 2 22
1 Sam. 13 5 18
2 Sam. 15 6 21
1 Kgs. 13 5 18
2 Kgs. 20 3 23
1 Chr. 18 3 21
2 Chr. 15 1 16
Neh. 2 0 2
Job 0 5 5
Ps. 4 18 22
Isa. 6 62 68
Jer. 5 84 89
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 1 0 1
Dan. 5 0 5
Hosea 0 1 1
Amos 0 9 9
Obad. 1 0 1
Micah 0 1 1
Nahum 0 2 2
Hab. 0 1 1
Zeph. 1 2 3
Hag. 0 14 14
Zech. 0 53 53
Mal. 0 24 24
NT 4 98 102
BM 4 161 165
DC 0 72 72
PGP 2 17 19
TOTAL 198 660 858

2 Chr. 14:9
And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.

2 Chr. 14:13
And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the Lord, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.

2 Chr. 16:7
And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.

2 Chr. 16:8
Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thine hand.

2 Chr. 18:18
Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the Lord; I saw the Lord sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.

2 Chr. 18:33
And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.

2 Chr. 23:14
Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the Lord.

2 Chr. 24:23
And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

2 Chr. 24:24
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the Lord delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.

2 Chr. 25:24
And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

2 Chr. 26:11
Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.

2 Chr. 26:14
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.

2 Chr. 28:9
But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.

2 Chr. 33:3
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

2 Chr. 33:5
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

2 Chr. 33:11
Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.