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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 See also:Greek See also:form of a name See also:borne- by See also:kings of the See also:Nabataeans See also:resident at See also:Petra in See also:Arabia. (r) A See also:king in the See also:time of See also:Antiochus IV. Epiphanes (2 Macc. v. 8). (2) The See also:father-in-See also:law of See also:Herod Antipas (Jos. See also:Ant. xviii. 5. I, 3). In 2 See also:Cor. Xi. 3.2 he is described as ruler of See also:Damascus (q.v.) at the time of See also:Paul's See also:conversion.

Herod Antipas had married a daughter of Aretas, but afterwards discarded her in favour of Herodias. This led to a See also:

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

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