Firmament
2 Corinthians Nabataean king

King Aretas IV

Nabataean king People also: King Aretas, Aretas

The king named in 2 Corinthians in connection with a governor in Damascus.

King Aretas IV is the king named in 2 Corinthians 11:32, where a governor under him is described in Damascus. The passage calls the official “the governor under King Aretas” and says he was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest the speaker. This page concerns that ruler named in 2 Corinthians, also written King Aretas or Aretas, and the governor connected with him in the verse.

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2 Corinthians 11:32
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2 Corinthians

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