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Daniel 8:11

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Temple;   The Topic Concordance - Abomination;   Empires/world Powers;   Last Days;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies;   Macedonian Empire, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Darius;   Shushan;   Vision;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Allegory;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Antichrist;   Gog;   Idol;   Lucifer;   Zacharias;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Daniel, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Antichrist ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Antiochus ;   Daniel, Book of;   Horns;   Offerings, the;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Darius;   Ulai;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Angel;   Antichrist;   Eschatology of the New Testament;   Michael;   Prince;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Apocalypse;   Astronomy;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he magnified: Daniel 8:25, Daniel 5:23, Daniel 7:25, Daniel 11:36, 2 Kings 19:22, 2 Kings 19:23, 2 Chronicles 32:15-22, Isaiah 37:23, Isaiah 37:29, Jeremiah 48:26, Jeremiah 48:42, 2 Thessalonians 2:4, Revelation 13:5-7

to: or, against

the prince: Joshua 5:14, Joshua 5:15, Hebrews 2:10, Revelation 17:14, Revelation 19:13-16

by him: or, from him

the daily: Daniel 8:12, Daniel 11:31, Daniel 12:11, Exodus 29:38-42, Numbers 28:3, Ezekiel 46:14

and the place: Daniel 9:26, Daniel 9:27, Luke 21:5, Luke 21:6, Luke 21:24

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:42 - a continual Psalms 74:3 - all Psalms 94:4 - boast Jeremiah 14:21 - disgrace Jeremiah 51:51 - for strangers Ezekiel 46:13 - Thou shalt daily Daniel 8:13 - the vision Daniel 8:26 - the vision of Daniel 9:25 - the Prince Daniel 11:22 - also Hosea 3:4 - without a sacrifice Hebrews 9:6 - the priests Hebrews 10:11 - daily

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince host,.... Either the high priest Onias, whom he disposed of his office, and put Jason a wicked man into it; or Judas Maccabeus, the prince of the Jewish nation; or rather, as Jacchiades, God himself, the Lord God of Israel, the King, Prince, Governor, and defender of them, whom Antiochus blasphemed; whose worship he puts stop to; and whose temple he profaned, and ill used his people; all which was against God himself, and is a proof of the pride and insolence of this king:

and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away; the lambs in the morning and evening were forbid to be sacrificed; or they could not be offered, because the altar was pulled down, or profaned; and so all other sacrifices were made to cease, as well as this, which is put for all: or, "from him" d, the prince, "the daily sacrifice was taken away"; either from the priest, who used to offer it; or from God, to whom it was offered:

and the place of his sanctuary was cast down: not that the temple was destroyed by him, but it was profaned and rendered useless; the worship of God was not carried on in it, but the image of Jupiter was set up in it, and it was devoted to the service of an idol; yea, the altar was pulled down, and all the vessels and ornaments of the temple were taken away and destroyed; in the Apocrypha:

"And the table of the shewbread, and the pouring vessels, and the vials, and the censers of gold, and the veil, and the crown, and the golden ornaments that were before the temple, all which he pulled off.'' (1 Maccabees 1:22)

"Now Jerusalem lay void as a wilderness, there was none of her children that went in or out: the sanctuary also was trodden down, and aliens kept the strong hold; the heathen had their habitation in that place; and joy was taken from Jacob, and the pipe with the harp ceased.'' (1 Maccabees 3:45)

"And lo, the heathen are assembled together against us to destroy us: what things they imagine against us, thou knowest.'' (1 Maccabees 3:52)

d ממנו "ab eo", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, "ab ipso", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host - Grotius, Ephraem the Syrian, and others, understand this of Onias the high priest, as the chief officer of the holy people. Lengerke supposes that it means God himself. This interpretation is the more probable; and the idea in the phrase “prince of the host” is, that as God is the ruler of the host of heaven - leading on the constellations, and marshalling the stars, so he may be regarded as the ruler of the holy army here below - the ministers of religion, and his people. Against him as the Ruler and Leader of his people Antiochus exalted himself, particularly by attempting to change his laws, and to cause his worship to cease.

And by him - Margin, “from him.” The meaning is, that the command or authority to do this proceeded from him.

The daily sacrifice was taken away - The sacrifice that was offered daily in the temple, morning and evening, was suspended. A full account of this may be found in 1 Macc. 1:20-24, 29-32, 44-50. In the execution of the purposes of Antiochus, he “entered the sanctuary, and took away the golden altar, and the candlestick, and all the vessels thereof; and the table of showbread, the pouring vessels, etc., and stripped the temple of all the ornaments of gold.” After two years he again visited the city, and “smote it very sore, and destroyed much people of Israel, and when he had taken the spoils of the city he set it on fire, and pulled down the walls thereof on every side.” Everything in Jerusalem was made desolate. Her sanctuary was laid waste like a wilderness, her feasts were turned into mourning, her sabbaths into reproach, her honor into contempt.” Subsequently, by a solemn edict, and by more decisive acts, he put a period to the worship of God in the temple, and polluted and defiled every part of it. “For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, that they should follow the strange laws of the land, and forbid burnt-offerings, and sacrifices, and drink-offerings in the temple; and that they should profane the sabbaths and festival days, and pollute the sanctuary and holy people; set up altars, and groves, and chapels of idols, and sacrifice swine’s flesh, and unclean beasts; that they should also leave their children uncir. cumcised, and make their souls abominable with all manner of uncleanness and profanation; to the end they might forget the laws, and change all the ordinances,” 1 Macc. 1:44-49.

It was undoubtedly to these acts of Antiochus that the passage before us refers, and the event accords with the words of the prediction as clearly as if what is a prediction had been written afterward, and had been designed to represent what actually occurred as a matter of historical record. The word which is rendered “daily sacrifice” - the word “sacrifice” being supplied by the translators - תמיד tâmı̂yd - means, properly, continuance, prepetuity, and then what is continuous or constant - as a sacrifice or service daily occurring. The word sacrifice is properly inserted here. - Gesenius, Lexicon The meaning of the word rendered “was taken away” - הרם huram (Hophal from רום rûm - to exalt, to lift up) - here is, that it was lifted up, and then was taken away; that is, it was made to cease - as if it had been carried away. - Gesenius.

And the place of his sanctuary - Of the sanctuary or holy place of the, “Prince of the host,” that is, of God. The reference is to the temple.

Was cast down - The temple was not entirely destroyed by Antiochus, but it was robbed and rifled, and its holy vessels were carried away. The walls indeed remained, but it was desolate, and the whole service then was abandoned. See the passages quoted above from 1 Macc.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Daniel 8:11. Even to the prince of the host — They seemed, in this case, to fight against God himself.

The daily sacrifice was taken away — By the destruction of the city and temple; and has never been restored from that day until now.


 
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