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)

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 Sam. 2:8
But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

2 Sam. 3:23
When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

2 Sam. 5:10
And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.

2 Sam. 5:24
And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.

2 Sam. 6:2
And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.

2 Sam. 6:18
And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.

2 Sam. 7:8
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

2 Sam. 7:26
And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

2 Sam. 7:27
For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.

2 Sam. 8:9
When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

2 Sam. 8:16
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

2 Sam. 10:7
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

2 Sam. 10:16
And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

2 Sam. 10:18
And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.

2 Sam. 17:25
And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

2 Sam. 19:13
And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

2 Sam. 20:23
Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:

2 Sam. 23:16
And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.

2 Sam. 24:2
For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

2 Sam. 24:4
Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.