'The abomination that desolates' (Daniel 11:31) — shiqquts, the standing slur-word for an idol, plus 'desolating.' 1 Maccabees 1:54 uses this very phrase for the altar Antiochus IV set up on the temple's altar, 15 Kislev 167 BC; Jesus lifts it toward a horizon of his own — 'spoken of by Daniel the prophet' (Matthew 24:15). → first discussed at Dan 11:31