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)

 2:14 And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the Lord sware unto them.

 2:15 For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.




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)

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

Deut. 2:14
And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the Lord sware unto them.

Deut. 2:15
For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

Deut. 4:19
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

Deut. 17:3
And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;

Deut. 23:9
When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.