"... Biblical references to YHWH’s divine army tend to refer to the army as a plural rather than singling out individual figures. The presentation of a single figure in Joshua 5:13–15 thus has more in common with the מַלְאָכִים (divine beings or angels) than it does with other biblical references to the host of heaven or the divine army. Whereas a מַלְאָךְ (divine being) figure appears alone in, for example, Genesis 16:7–11; 22:11–15; 31:11; Exodus 3:2; Numbers 22:22–35; Judges 2:1–4; 6:11–12; 13:3–21; 2 Samuel 24:16; 2 Kings 1:3; 2 Kings 19:35; 1 Chronicles 21:16, individuals are only singled out in YHWH’s divine army once elsewhere in the biblical texts—in Habakkuk 3:5. Habakkuk 3:5 mentions Reshep and Deber marching at YHWH’s side. Reshep is widely recognized to have been an important deity in Late Bronze Age Syria, Canaan, and Egypt, although his cult declined in popularity during the Iron Age. In Habakkuk 3, he seems to be included in YHWH’s retinue as a minor deity subordinate to YHWH and was probably associated with bringing plague and having connections to the underworld. Deber, meanwhile, is usually understood to refer to “pestilence” ..."

Quine, Cat Military Coups in Ancient Israel and Their Implications for Conceptions of YHWH’s Divine Army (pp. 30-42) Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2020