See already alpha 132, beta 200 and beta 201 for this phrase in other contexts.
[1] Antiochos IV, king of Syria 175-164; Seleukos IV, 187-175. In fact his brother; both were sons of Antiochos III. The events described here took place in 167 BCE.
[2] Jerusalem.
[3] Also mentioned in I Maccabees 1:54, 6:7; Diodorus Siculus 34/35.5.1; Josephus, Jewish War 1.34. The noun bde/lugma, from bdelu/ssw or bdelu/ssomai, literally means a feeling or expression of loathing or revulsion, and hence the object that provokes such a reaction. It is almost solely used in biblical and theological sources with references to this or comparable episodes. An accurate translation would be 'the loathsome thing of desertification' or, as in the smart New English Bible version of Daniel 11:31, 'the abominable thing that causes desolation'. The term e)rh/mwsis means the process of creating a desert, wilderness, or emptiness; it does not refer to emotional 'desolation'. I have chosen, however, to give the phrase its traditional English rendering. What precisely it refers to has been much discussed; possibly an altar of Baal-Shamen, or simply the sacrificing of a pig.
[4] The entry thus far has echoes of George the Monk, Chronicon 287.3-4 and 288.9-10, but with other material included.
[5] alpha 2693.