makh-an-eh'
from 2583; an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an
army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers,
angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts):--
army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.
see Hebrew for [02583]
Who hitherto waited in the king's [04428] gate [08179] eastward [04217]: they were porters [07778] in the companies [04264] of the children [01121] of Levi [03878].
And Shallum [07967] the son [01121] of Kore [06981], the son [01121] of Ebiasaph [043], the son [01121] of Korah [07141], and his brethren [0251], of the house [01004] of his father [01], the Korahites [07145], were over the work [04399] of the service [05656], keepers [08104] of the gates [05592] of the tabernacle [0168]: and their fathers [01], being over the host [04264] of the Lord [03068], were keepers [08104] of the entry [03996].gates: Heb. thresholds
Now three [07969] of the thirty [07970] captains [07218] went down [03381] to the rock [06697] to David [01732], into the cave [04631] of Adullam [05725]; and the host [04264] of the Philistines [06430] encamped [02583] in the valley [06010] of Rephaim [07497].three…: or, three captains over the thirty
And the three [07969] brake through [01234] the host [04264] of the Philistines [06430], and drew [07579] water [04325] out of the well [0953] of Beth–lehem [01035], that was by the gate [08179], and took [05375] it, and brought [0935] it to David [01732]: but David [01732] would [014] not drink [08354] of it, but poured it out [05258] to the Lord [03068],
For at that time [06256] day [03117] by day [03117] there came [0935] to David [01732] to help [05826] him, until it was a great [01419] host [04264], like the host [04264] of God [0430].
And it shall be, when thou shalt hear [08085] a sound [06963] of going [06807] in the tops [07218] of the mulberry trees [01057], that then thou shalt go out [03318] to battle [04421]: for God [0430] is gone forth [03318] before [06440] thee to smite [05221] the host [04264] of the Philistines [06430].
David [01732] therefore did [06213] as God [0430] commanded [06680] him: and they smote [05221] the host [04264] of the Philistines [06430] from Gibeon [01391] even to Gazer [01507].Gibeon: also called, Geba