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“Forces will stand on his part and they will profane the sanctuary, even the fortress, and will take away the continual burnt offering. Then they will set up the abomination that makes desolate.
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Verse 31. Arms, (brachia) or strong men, Apollonius, Philip, and so forth (2 Maccabees 6) and likewise the senator from Antioch, who executed his decrees. Calmet.—Abomination. The idol of Jupiter Olympius, which Antiochus ordered to be set up in the sanctuary of the temple, which is here called the sanctuary of strength, from the Almighty that was worshipped there. Challoner.—Other idols were set up, and the people were compelled to sacrifice. Calmet.—Yet even in the hottest persecutions some remained faithful. Worthington.
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