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"
F4, 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)