An host... — The host is apparently the same as that which is mentioned in Daniel 8:10, and means some of the Jewish people. It is known that some of them lapsed under the persecutions of Antiochus, and joined in his idolatrous rites. These apostates were given into his hand, and on account of their apostasy the daily sacrifice also was taken away. (Comp. Daniel 8:13.)
The truth — i.e., the word of God, as appears from 1Ma. 1:43-52; 1Ma. 1:56; 1Ma. 1:60.