I first came upon this line of thinking in Matthew Henry’s commentaries (very excellent). The argument goes that the abomination of desolation would have been the Roman armies, with their pagan symbols, surrounding the Holy City. Check out Josephus’s War Of the Jews. There were signs and wonders which preceded the destruction of Jerusalem that were quite incredible, so to a certain degree it is reasonable to conclude that scripture either had a double meaning or was referring to that destruction.
Of course, I have not studied any of this for a couple of years.
The phrase “abomination of desolation” refers to Matthew 24:15: “So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand.” This is referring to Daniel 9:27, “He will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing [of the temple] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.”
***The argument goes that the abomination of desolation would have been the Roman armies, with their pagan symbols, surrounding the Holy City. Check out Josephus’s War Of the Jews.***
Let’s look at what the various MARGIN NOTES say in the KJV.
1611 KJV has PRINCE with a capitol P in Dan 9:..And the people of the Prince that shall come...
All the later KJVs have “prince”.
verse 27: Margin note...with the abominable armies.
English Oxford KJV
Dan 9:26 Margin note; Or, and the Jews they shall be no more his people.
And the people of the prince (small ‘p’)that shall come...or And the prince’s (Messiah’s) future people.
Verse 27:And for the overspreading of abominations...Margin Notes: OR and upon the battlements shall be the idols of the desolator....with the abominable armies.
Cambridge KJV does not have the above margin notes.
Collins & Sons KJV (Now WORLD BIBLE) same notes as the Oxford bible.