Aretas II
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Aretas II was a Nabatean King, 103 to 96 BCE.
See Nabatean Kings
Overview
Aretas II was a contemporary of Alexander Jannaeus.
According to Josephus, when Alexander Jannaeus besieged Gaza in 99 BCE, the inhabitants of the city requested help from "Areatas, king of the Arabs", but he failed to come to the rescue, and the city was destroyed.