The host of heaven. — Probably meaning the stars, as Jeremiah 33:22, but in a metaphorical sense indicating the people of Israel. (Comp. Exodus 7:4; Numbers 24:17.) The actions of Antiochus, predicted here, are related 1Ma. 1:24; 1Ma. 1:30; 1Ma. 1:37; 1Ma. 2:38; 2Ma. 9:10.
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Daniel 8:10
10 And it waxed great, even to the hostc of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.