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Aretas

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Are'tas or Ar'etas. (graver).

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

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

Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Aretas'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​a/aretas.html. 1901.
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