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The Definition of the word Host

Host

An entertainer (Rom. 16:23); a tavern-keeper, the keeper of a caravansary (Luke 10:35). "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 (Num. 1:3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5). "Saul was the first to form a standing army (1 Sam. 13:2; 24:2). "This example was followed by David (1 Chr. 27:1), and Solomon (1" "Kings 4:26), and by the kings of Israel and Judah (2 Chr. 17:14;" "26:11; 2 Kings 11:4, etc.)."


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