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

• Wikipedia