Daniel 11:31 meaning and explanation

His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.

Daniel 11:31, Berean Standard Bible

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The angel revealing the future to Daniel describes the forces of a northern king, widely identified with the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who in the second century BC desecrated the Jerusalem temple, stopped the regular daily offering, and set up an object that made the sanctuary detestable. The Hebrew word for abomination means something loathsome, especially in worship.

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