Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, April 28th, 2024
the Fifth Sunday after Easter
the Fifth Sunday after Easter
Attention!
We are taking food to Ukrainians still living near the front lines. You can help by getting your church involved.
Click to donate today!
Click to donate today!
Bible Dictionaries
Host
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
In warfare, a troop or military force. This consisted at first only of infantry. Solomon afterwards added cavalry (1 Kings 4:26; 10:26 ). Every male Israelite from twenty to fifty years of age was bound by the law to bear arms when necessary (Numbers 1:3; 26:2; 2 Chronicles 25:5 ).
Saul was the first to form a standing army (1 Samuel 13:2; 24:2 ). This example was followed by David (1 Chronicles 27:1 ), and Solomon (1 Kings 4:26 ), and by the kings of Israel and Judah (2 Chronicles 17:14; 26:11; 2 Kings 11:4 , etc.).
Copyright Statement
These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Host'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/h/host.html. 1897.
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Host'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/h/host.html. 1897.
