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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
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Greek
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form of a name
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borne- by
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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
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king in the
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time of
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Antiochus IV . Epiphanes (2 Macc. v . 8) . (2) The
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father-in-
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law of
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Herod Antipas (Jos .
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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
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Paul's
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conversion . Herod Antipas had married a daughter of
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Aretas, but afterwards discarded her in favour of Herodias .

This led to a

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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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