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Aretas IV The Nabataean king ca. 9 bc–ad 40, who established religious centers in Petra.
The governor of Damascus under Aretas IV attempted to have Paul arrested (2 Cor 11:32). Aretas’ daughter married the ruler of Galilee and Perea, Herod Antipas, best known today from New Testament accounts of his role in the executions of John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth. When Antipas took another wife, Aretas IV’s daughter returned to her father, who then went to war against Antipas and defeated him. Herod Antipas appealed to Emperor Tiberius, who assigned the governor of Syria, Vitellas, to attack Aretas. This episode was a significant precursor to the beheading of John the Baptist and the death of Jesus.
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