1 Kings 18:15

War Between Elijah And The Prophets Of Baal

¹⁴ And now you are saying, ‘Go, tell your master, “Elijah is here”’; and he will kill me.” ¹⁵ Elijah said, “As the Lord of hosts (armies) lives, before whom I stand, I will certainly show myself to Ahab today.” ¹⁶ So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

Lord Almighty

Lord of Hosts

Swear by the Lord

Ahab

Elijah

Jehovah

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

1 Kings 18:10

As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent messengers to seek you; and when they said, ‘He is not here,’ Ahab made the kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.

Genesis 2:1

So the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts (inhabitants).

Deuteronomy 1:38

Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall enter there. Encourage and strengthen him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

Deuteronomy 4:19

And beware that you do not raise your eyes toward heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, and let yourselves be led astray and worship them and serve them, [mere created bodies] which the Lord your God has allotted to [serve and benefit] all the peoples under the whole heaven.

Job 25:3

“Is there any number to His [vast celestial] armies?
And upon whom does His light not rise?

Psalm 24:8-10

Who is the King of glory?
The Lord strong and mighty,
The Lord mighty in battle.

Psalm 103:21

Bless the Lord, all you His hosts,
You who serve Him and do His will.

Psalm 148:2-3

Praise Him, all His angels;
Praise Him, all His hosts (armies)!

Isaiah 6:3

And one called out to another, saying,

“Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts;
The whole earth is filled with His glory.”

Isaiah 51:7-8

“Listen to Me, you who know righteousness (right standing with God),
The people in whose heart is My law and instruction;
Do not fear the reproach and taunting of man,
Nor be distressed at their reviling.

Jeremiah 8:2

They will [carelessly scatter and] spread them out before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which the dead have loved and which they have served, and which they have walked after and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered or be buried; they will be like dung on the face of the earth.

Luke 1:19

The angel replied and said to him, “I am Gabriel; I stand and minister in the [very] presence of God, and I have been sent [by Him] to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

Luke 2:13-14

Then suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host (angelic army) praising God and saying,

Hebrews 6:16-17

Indeed men swear [an oath] by one greater than themselves, and with them [in all disputes] the oath serves as confirmation [of what has been said] and is an end of the dispute.