In matters of mythical context that illustrate the stories told and the beliefs held by the ancient Hebrews about the planet Venus, there is an account, extant in the Bible, reminiscent of a "war on heaven."

how are you fallen from heaven,

hyll bn-šḥr

how are you hewn to the earth,

who vanquished all the nations"

You said to yourself,

"The heavens will I scale;

Above the stars of God

will I set up my throne;

I will sit on the Mount of Assembly,

in the recesses of the north;

I will scale the heights of the cloud,

I will match the Most High."

but down to Sheol are you brought,

to the recesses of the Pit.

The epistle refers to an ancient myth where hyll bn-šḥr, "the shining [star] of the Dawn," has sought presumptuously to take a dominant position among the celestial bodies, whose rulers have been (presumably) the sun and the moon. The rebel planet is forced to yield, and its light is extinguished. The theme of "the war in heaven" may refer in the form of a dramatic conflict in the heavenly spheres to the periodical disappearance of the planet Venus from the sky during periods of invisibility. it is possible too that this myth portrays and symbolizes the phenomenon which ensues at dawn when the planet Venus, as the last proud star to disappear from the night sky, defies the sun at sunrise. The Mountain of the North which the shining star aspired to ascent, can be identified with ṣpn, the holy mountain associated with Ba'al upon which, according to Ugaritic mythology, was located Ba'al's throne. According to the Babylonian conception, the Mountain of the north does not imply any topographical reference but rather a cosmic space. Above this space was thought to be located the dwelling place of the gods. In this story we have an isolated fragment of a perhaps well-known myth which was familiar enough not to need telling in full. As we know from the prophecy hurled against the king of Babylon, this myth was adopted to serve as an allegory of the downfall of the ruler of that city who sought to bring all the nations of the ancient Near East under his way.