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*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Nabatean Kings (sources)]]
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*SCHOLARLY AND FICTIONAL WORKS: see [[:Category:Nabatean Kings (subject)]]
 
 
'''Nabatean Kings''' ruled in the kingdom of Nabatea, east of Jordan.
 
[[Nabateans]] / [[Petra]]
 
==Overview==
 
==List of major Nabatean Kings==
 
*[[Aretas I]], 2nd cent. BCE
**First known king of the [[Nabateans]]
**Mentioned in [[2 Maccabees]] 5:8
 
*[[Rabbel I]]
** Aretas I's successor, around 140 BCE
 
*[[Aretas II]], 120/110 to 96 BCE
**A contemporary of [[Alexander Jannaeus]]
 
*[[Obodas I]], 96-87 BCE
**Succeeded [[Aretas II]]
**Defeated the Hasmoneans in 93 BCE in a battle on the Golan Hights
**Died in battle against the Seleucids, but saved the kingdom from invasion
**Was Worshiped as a god even after his death
 
*[[Aretas III Philhellenos]], 87 to 62 BCE
**Was the son of [[Obodas I]]
**Conquered [[Damascus]] from the Seleucids in 84 BCE.
**Defeated by [[Tigranes the Great]], lost briefly control of [[Damascus]], 72-69 BCE.
**Supported [[John Hyrcanus II]] against [[Aristobulus II]]
**The Roman general [[Scaurus]] subdued him
 
*[[Obodas II]], 62-60 BCE
 
*[[Malichus I]], 60-30 BCE
**Was the son of [[Obodas II]]
**Supported the Parthian invasion in 40 BCE
**[[Herod the Great]] led the Roman reaction against the Nabateans
 
*[[Obodas III]], 30-9 BCE
**The Nabatean trade flourished under his rule.
**Was buried at [[Oboda]] (Avdat), a city on the [[Negev]] renamed in his honor
 
*[[Aretas IV Philopatris]], 9 BCE to 40 CE
**The greatest Nabatean king was recognized by [[Augustus]]
**His daughter [[Phasaelis]] married [[Herod Antipas]] but was then divorced--an act that was condemned by [[John the Baptist]]
**Defeated [[Herod Antipas]] in battle in 36 CE, but the Roman emperor [[Tiberius]] dispatched the governor of Syria.
**Received [[Damascus]] back from [[Caligula]]
 
*[[Malichus II]], 40 to 70 CE
**Supported the Romans during the [[Jewish War]].
**Lost control of [[Damascus]]
**Nabatean trade was weakened as the Romans diverted the perfume and spice cargos to Egypt
 
*[[Rabbel II Soter]], 70 to 106 CE
**Succeeded his father [[Malichus II]], when he was still a child.
**At his death in 106 CE, the Nabatean kingdom was absorbed into the Roman Empire.
 
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Nabatea Wikipedia]




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