Heavenly host
The Heavenly host originally referred to the sun, moon, and stars conceived of as an army, and later referred to the army of God, as mentioned in Abrahamic texts; the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, and the Quran in particular.
Some Biblical passages indicate entities making up the divine army such as stars.
Referring to the heavenly bodies, the Israelites were commanded not to worship the host of heaven.
The Bible also describes the Heavenly host as being made up of angels, and gives several descriptions of angels in military terms, such as their encampment, command structure, and participation in combat. In Christian theology, the heavenly host participate in the war in Heaven.
In the Quran, the heavenly hosts aid Muslims in the battle against the polytheistic enemies of Muhammad.
Hebrew Bible
In the Hebrew Bible, the name Yahweh and the title Elohim frequently occur with the word tzevaot or sabaoth as YHWH Elohe Tzevaot, Elohe Tzevaot, Adonai YHWH Tzevaot or, most frequently, YHWH Tzevaot. This name is traditionally transliterated in Latin as Sabaoth, a form that will be more familiar to many English readers, as it is used in the King James Version of the Bible.In the Book of Joshua 5:13–15, Joshua encounters a "captain of the host of the Lord" in the early days of his campaigns in the Promised Land. This unnamed heavenly messenger is sent by God to encourage Joshua in the upcoming claiming of the Promised Land:
Quran
The Quran mentions God's army in,, and ; angels sent down by God to aid the believers in battle, comparable to the heavenly host mentioned in the Books of Samuel.The term junud refers explicitly to hosts of spirits. The evils spirits too have their host called the "junud iblīs". The Quran describes the angelic host intervening on behalf of the Muslims during the Battle of Badr to fight against the šayāṭīn
In Islamic theology and philosophy, the battle of these two hosts are reflected in the internal struggle of the "human heart" . Unlike Christianity, dualistic tendencies are usually minimized in Islamic tradition, and God is ultimately in control of both hosts; enabling a choice to side with either of these created beings.