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Jeremiah 52:4

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4 It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.

Commentary

 

Host

  
Battle of Solferino, by Carlo Bossoli Carlo Bossoli

A host and an army come from the same Hebrew word and mean the same thing in Bible. Its meaning is closely tied to the need for battle.