And he said unto me, For two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
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Aquinas Study Bible
AD 2017
two thousand three hundred days: That is, six years and almost four months; which was the whole time from the beginning of the persecution of Antiochus till his death. (Bishop Challoner) If we read the Books of Maccabees and the history of Josephus, we shall find it there recorded that in the one hundred and forty-third year after the Seleucus who first reigned in Syria after the decease of Alexander, Antiochus entered Jerusalem, and after wreaking a general devastation he returned again in the third year and set up the statue of Jupiter in the Temple. Up until the time of Judas Macca-baeus, that is, up until the one hundred and eighth year, Jerusalem lay waste over a period of six years, and for three of those years the Temple lay defiled; making up a total of two thousand three hundred days plus three months. (St. Jerome)
