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...
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Alexander Jannaeus (section War with Obodas I)
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...
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threatened Nabataean trade interests in Gaza and in Damascus. Nabataean King Obodas I regained control of these areas after his forces defeated Jannaeus in the...
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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...
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List of Nabataean kings (redirect from Obodas III)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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was built by the Nabataeans to commemorate Obodas. Inscriptions have been found inside referring to "Obodas the god". Hasmonean conquest of Gaza Battle...
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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...
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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), a town...
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occupied the Nabataean towns of Moab and Gilead and imposed a tribute. Obodas I knew that Alexander would attack, so was able to ambush Alexander's forces...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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desert by the Nabataeans for commemorating Obodas where inscriptions have been found referring to "Obodas the god". Antigonid–Nabataean confrontations...
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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...
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the canyon. Avdat, formerly Eboda, was named after the Nabataean King Obodas I who, according to tradition, was buried there. Habitation during the prehistoric...
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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...
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in which the king's offspring is listed on an inscription found at the Obodas Chapel of Wadi Nmeir in Petra indicates that Phasaelis was the couple's...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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I; Court Hall II Akinyele Olanla/Oboda/Labode Agbaagi Village; Alade Village; Alayin Village; Beyioku Village; Elepo Village; Labode Village; Oboda Village;...
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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)...
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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...
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