Abomination of desolation
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The abomination of desolation (or desolating sacrilege) is a term found in the Hebrew Bible, in the book of Daniel. It also occurs in the book of 1 Maccabees and in the New Testament gospels.
The Hebrew term (transliterated) is šiqqǔṣ mišômēm (שִׁקּוּץ מְשׁמֵם); the Greek equivalent is: τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως.
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See also
- Daniel 7
- Daniel 8
- Daniel 11
- 1 Maccabees
- 2300 day prophecy
- Abomination (Bible)
- Antichrist
- Antiochus Epiphanes
- Book of Daniel
- Christian eschatology
- Preterism
- Prophecy of Seventy Weeks
- Siege of Jerusalem (70)
- Summary of Christian eschatological differences
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