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Aretas, Or Aretas
(graver).
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A contemporary of Antiochus Epiphanes, B.C. 170, and Jason. 2 Macc. 5:8. The Aretas alluded to by St. Paul (2 Corinthians 11:32) was father-in-law of Herod Antipas.
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Verses where Aretas, Or Aretas is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 2 Corinthians 11:32
In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
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Sources · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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