Heavenly host
![Blessed Be the Host of the King of Heaven, a Russian icon from the 1550s](/Images/godic/202501/18/Blessed_Be_the_Host_of_the_King_of_Heaven…_-_Google_Art_Project0507.jpg")
![Depiction of the Commander of the Lord's Army in Joshua 5, by Ferdinand Bol, 1642.](/Images/godic/202501/18/Ferdinand_Bol_God's_Messenger_Appears_to_Joshu0507.jpg")
![Visions of John the Evangelist, as depicted in the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. Four cherubim surround the throne and twenty-four elders sit to the left and right.](/Images/godic/202501/18/Saint_John_on_Patmos0507.jpg")
![Guido Reni's archangel Michael.](/Images/godic/202501/18/Guido_Reni_0310507.jpg")
Heavenly host (Hebrew:צבאות sabaoth, "armies") refers to the army (Luke 2:13) of angels mentioned both in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, as well as other Jewish and Christian texts.
Several descriptions of angels in the Bible describe them in military terms, such as encampment (Genesis 32:1-2), command structure (Psalms 91:11-12; Matt.13:41; Rev.7:2), and combat (Jdg.5:20; Job 19:12; Rev.12:7). The heavenly host participate in the War in Heaven and, according to some interpretations, will battle Satan and Satan's own army at the End of Days and be victorious.