Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 2:1

1. THus the Heavens and the Earth were finished, and all the Host of them .

All the Creatures in Heaven and Earth are called their Hosts, for their multitude, variety, order, power, and subjection to the Lord of Hosts. Particularly the Host of Heaven in Scripture (which is its own best interpreter) signifies both, the Stars, as Deut. 4. 19. & 17. 3. Esa. 34. 4. and the Angels, as 1 Kings 22. 9. 2 Chron. 18. 18. Luke 2. 13. Who from these words appear to have been Created within the compass of the first six days, which also is probable from Col. 1. 16, 17. But it is no wonder that the Scripture saith so little concerning Angels, because it was written for the use of men, not of Angels, and God would hereby take us off from curious and impertinent speculations, and teach us to employ our thoughts about necessary and useful things.

Marginal references: Psal. 3. 6.