Aretas 2970499 219065336 2008-06-13T12:11:35Z SpBot 7016748 robot Removing: [[pl:Aretas]], [[wo:Aretas]] '''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== *{{1911}} [[Category:History of Syria]] {{disambiguation}} [[ca:Aretes]] [[de:Aretas]] [[fr:Arétas]] [[nl:Aretas]]