The Nabataeans, seeing how Obodas defeated both the Hasmoneans and the Greeks, started to venerate Obodas as a god. Obodas was buried in the Negev, at...

leading to Rome and Damascus. After losing Gadara, the Nabataean king Obodas I launched an attack against Alexander in a steep valley at Gadara, where...

temple dedicated to the cult of Obodas the King was built with a hard-limestone in the year 9 BCE during the reign of Obodas II. The temple is a tripartite...

Hasmonean ruler Alexander Jannaeus (r. 103-76 BCE) against the Nabatean kings Obodas I and Aretas III between ca. 93–80 BCE, leading to the conquest of the Golan...

Nabataean trade interests in Gaza and in Damascus. The Nabataean King Obodas I regained control of these areas after his forces defeated Jannaeus in the...

indicate that the entire Deir complex was dedicated to the Nabataean king, Obodas I, who was deified posthumously. The interior chamber of ed-Deir has several...

dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins...

deified king of the Nabataeans, it is not clear whether this would be Obodas I, II, or III. His association with the royal family leads to believe that...

169 BC Aretas I 120/110 to 96 BC Aretas II In some sources appears as successor to Rabbel I c. 96 to 85 BC Obodas I c. 85/84 BC Rabbel I In some sources...

was built by the Nabataeans to commemorate Obodas. Inscriptions have been found inside referring to "Obodas the god". Hasmonean conquest of Gaza Battle...

later than 150 CE, and contains a prayer to the deified Nabataean king Obodas I: The earliest 6th century Arabic inscription is from Zabad (512 CE), a...

Nabataean towns of Moab and Gilead and imposed a tribute of an unknown amount. Obodas I knew that Alexander would attack, so was able to ambush Alexander's forces...

to 62 BCE. Aretas ascended to the throne upon the death of his brother, Obodas I, in 87 BCE. During his reign, he extended his kingdom to cover what now...

Xiongnu defeat Han dynasty. 93 BC Battle of Gadara Nabataean Kingdom under Obodas I ambush and defeat Hasmonean Kingdom under Alexander Jannaeus in the Transjordan...

Classical Arabic is found in Ayn Avadat, being a poem dedicated to King Obodas I, known for defeating the Hasmonean Alexander Jannaeus. Its date is estimated...

al-Lat was invoked in the Hauran and the Syrian desert. The Nabataean king Obodas I, who founded Obodat, was deified and worshipped as a god. They also worshipped...

temple dedicated to the cult of Obodas the King was built with a hard-limestone in the year 9 BCE during the reign of Obodas II. The temple is a tripartite...

(120/110–96 BC) Obodas I, King (c.96–85 BC) Aretas III, King (84–60/59 BC) Obodas II, King (62/61–60/59 BC) Malichus I, King (59–30 BC) Obodas III, King (30–9...

desert by the Nabataeans for commemorating Obodas where inscriptions have been found referring to "Obodas the god". Antigonid–Nabataean confrontations...

co-ruler, Chuldu, who may have been a daughter of Aretas' predecessor, Obodas III. Inscriptions on a limestone block near Wadi Musa in Jordan indicates...

of Uranius and asserted that it was Rabbel I. Jean Starcky argued that the Nabataean monarch was Obodas I, whom Maurice Sartre preferred and concluded...

the canyon. Avdat, formerly Eboda, was named after the Nabataean King Obodas I who, according to tradition, was buried there. Habitation during the prehistoric...

indicates a ritual marriage between the goddess and a king. The Nabataean king Obodas I defeated the Judaeans at some point before 93 BC; this is deduced from...

and defeated his army. Aretas came to power after the assassination of Obodas III, who was apparently poisoned. Josephus says that he was originally named...

of any pretext for the annexation: Rabbel II had an heir by the name of Obodas and though there was little fighting (attested to by the fact that Trajan...

burner which attests a well-preserved dedication by a priest and his son to Obodas. This dates to the reign of the Nabataean king Rabbel II Soter, who ruled...

counting on the assistance of the Nabataean Arabs of NW Arabia, whose king Obodas was a Roman ally and contributed 1,000 warriors under his chief secretary...

to Ancient Rome. She has been presumed to be the mother of Malichus II, Obodas and Rabbel, and of three daughters, Phasa'el (first wife of Herod Antipas)...

that denied the Nabateans access to the port and trade with Rome led to Obodas launching a military campaign against the Hasmonean king. Maiuma was rebuilt...

I; Court Hall II Akinyele Olanla/Oboda/Labode Agbaagi Village; Alade Village; Alayin Village; Beyioku Village; Elepo Village; Labode Village; Oboda Village;...