Daniel 8:10

10. The little evil horn grew till it reached heaven and made war on the stars (compare Isaiah 14:13) and the host, that is, the army of stars (Deuteronomy 4:19; 2 Kings 17:16; Jeremiah 8:2), or of angels (Daniel 4:35, Aramaic; 1 Kings 22:19; Nehemiah 9:6). On the stars compare Isaiah 14:13; the LXX. in its oldest manuscript speaks only of the stars. Professor G.F. Moore’s conjecture that this verse refers to Antiochus’s treatment of heathen religions (compare Daniel 11:36; 1Ma 1:42 ; 1Ma 1:51 ) while the next verse refers to the Jewish religion “the prince of the host” has not met with much favor ( Journal of Biblical Literature, 1896). Thomson’s idea that the host means the various guardian angels of the nations which Antiochus defeated (the stars being the symbols of those angels) is also too ingenious to be probable (yet compare note Daniel 10:13). It seems more natural to suppose that these heavenly lights and ministers are all only symbols of the holy heavenly people against whom Antiochus was most fierce (Daniel 8:24-25; Daniel 11:36-37).