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ARETAS (Arab. Haritha)

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 455 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARETAS (Arab. Haritha)  , the Greek form of a name borne- by kings of the
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Nabataeans
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resident at
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Petra in
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Arabia . (r) A king in the time of
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Antiochus IV . Epiphanes (2 Macc. v . 8) . (2) The
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father-in-law of Herod Antipas (Jos . Ant. xviii . 5 . I, 3) . In 2
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Cor . Xi . 3.2 he is described as ruler of
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Damascus (q.v.) at the time of Paul's conversion . Herod Antipas had married a daughter of Aretas, but afterwards discarded her in favour of Herodias .

This led to a

war with Aretas in which Antipas was defeated . An Aretas is mentioned in 1 Macc. xv . 22, but the true
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reading is probably Ariarathes (king of
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Cappadocia) . See NABATAEANS .

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