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Aretas

1 verse

2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 11:32

In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

The father-in-law of Herod Antipas, and king of Arabia Petraea. His daughter returned to him on the occasion of her husband’s entering into an adulterous alliance with Herodias, the wife of Herod-Philip, his half-brother (Luke 3:19, 20; Mark 6:17; Matt. 14:3). This led to a war between Aretas and Herod Antipas. Herod’s army was wholly destroyed (A.D. 36). Aretas, taking advantage of the complications of the times on account of the death of the Emperor Tiberius (A.D. 37), took possession of Damascus (2 Cor. 11:32; comp. Acts 9:25). At this time Paul returned to Damascus from Arabia.

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(graver).

(1.) A contemporary of Antiochus Epiphanes, B.C. 170, and Jason. 2 Macc. 5:8.

(2.) The Aretas alluded to by St. Paul (2 Corinthians 11:32) was father-in-law of Herod Antipas.

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Easton's Bible Dictionary and Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.