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'''Obodas I''' was a Nabatean King, 96 to 85 BCE.
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See [[Nabatean Kings]]


==Overview==
[[Category:Index]]
Obodas I was the successor of [[Aretas II]].
 
After the fall of [[Gaza]], the war between the [[Hasmoneans]] and the [[Nabateans]] continued in Transjordan. In 93 BCE Obodas I defeated the Jewish army near [[Gadara]].
 
Around 86 BCE, the Seleucids invaded Nabatea. Obodas I died in battle, but saved the kingdom from invasion. The deceased king
was buried at Avdat / Obodat, a city on the [[Negev]] renamed in his honor.
 
==Obodas I in Scholarship==
 
==Obodas I in Fiction==
 
==Related categories==
*[[Alexander Jannaeus]] / [[Avdat]]
 
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obodas_I Wikipedia]
 
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[[Category:People]]
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