Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
great, even to . . . host of heaven--explained in Daniel 8:24, "the mighty and holy people," that is, the Jews (Daniel 7:21) and their priests (compare Isaiah 24:21). The Levites' service is called "a warfare" (Numbers 8:24-25, Margin). Great civil and religious powers are symbolized by "stars" (Matthew 24:29). See 1 Maccabees 1:25, etc.; 1 Maccabees 2:35, etc.; 1 Maccabees 5:2, 12, 13. TREGELLES refers "stars" to those Jews whose portion from God is heavenly glory (Daniel 12:3), being believers in Him who is above at God's right hand: not the blinded Jews.
cast . . . stars to the ground--So Babel, as type of Antichrist, is described (Isaiah 14:13-14), "I will exalt my throne above the stars of God." Compare Revelation 12:4; 2 Maccabees 9:10, as to Antiochus.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 14:13
Daniel 8:12
Daniel 8:14
Daniel 10:1
Obadiah 1:4
Mark 13:20
Revelation 17:11
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