ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION, foretold by Daniel, (chap. ix. 27.) denotes, according to some interpreters, the image of Jupiter Olympius, erected in the temple of Jerusalem, by command of Antiochus Epiphanes, 2 Mac. vi. 2 ; and 1 Mac. vi 7. But, by the Abomination of Desolation, spoken of by our Lord, (Matt. xxiv. 15; Mark xiii. 14) and foretold as about to be seen at Jerusalem, during the last siege of that city by the Romans, under Titus, is meant the ensigns of the Roman army, with the images of their gods and emperors upon them, which surrounded the city, and were lodged in the temple when that and the city were taken. The evangelists Matthew and Mark add, "Whoso reads let him understand;" hereby intimating, that this event was approaching, though yet future, and that the reader would do well to retire speedily from a city which was thus threatened with the execution of the divine anger. The passages were therefore written before Jerusalem was destroyed, and were, no doubt, the means of warning many to escape the coming wrath.