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'''Aretas''' ([[Arabic]]: ''Haritha''), the [[Greek language|Greek]] form of a name borne by kings of the [[Nabataeans]] resident at [[Petra]] in Arabia.
*[[Aretas I]] was a king in the time of [[Antiochus IV Epiphanes]] (''[[2 Macc]].'' 5:8).
*[[Aretas II]] ruled Nabatea from 120 or 110 to 96 BCE.
*[[Aretas III]] ruled Nabatea from 87 to 62 BCE. He supported [[Hyrcanus II]] against [[Aristobulus II]], but was obliged to retreat by [[Pompey]] ([[64 BC]]), and in [[62 BC]] paid a bribe of 300 [[Talent (weight)|talent]]s to [[Marcus Aemilius Scaurus]].
*[[Aretas IV Philopatris]] was the father-in-law of [[Herod Antipas]] ([[Josephus]], ''Ant.'' xviii.5.I,3). In ''[[2 Cor]].'' 11:32 he is described as ruler of [[Damascus]] at the time of [[Paul of Tarsus|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 some translations of ''1 Macc.'' 15:22, but the true reading is probably [[Ariarathes]] (king of [[Cappadocia]]).
==See also==
*[[Nabataeans]]
==References==
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