Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them . Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array . Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. Often it refers to human armies. It does not generally refer to celestial bodies, or to the cosmos in general.
Host specifically implies a military grouping.
While realizing that this contradicts some modern Bible dictionaries and seminaries, we believe this is a fallacy in modern thinking, which waters down the true meaning of scripture - just as realizing the earth is round contradicted certain church dogmas that were not truly scriptural. In this age, there is not a strong understanding of the Biblical mandate to NOT worship the heavenly hosts, therefore many today are being deceived into receiving false spiritual doctrines from wicked heavenly hosts . The Lord of hosts , he is the king of glory. And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven , and served Baal. They forsook all the commands of the Lord their God and made for themselves two idols cast in the shape of calves, and an Asherah pole.