Obodas I (Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢗𐢃𐢅𐢞 ʿŌbōdaṯ; Ancient Greek: Ὀβόδας) was king of the Nabataeans from 96 to 85 BC. After his death, Obodas was worshiped as a deity.[1]
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The Nabataeans, seeing how Obodas defeated both the Hasmoneans and the Greeks, started to venerate Obodas as a god. Obodas was buried in the Negev, at...
temple dedicated to the cult of Obodas the King was built with a hard-limestone in the year 9 BCE during the reign of Obodas II. The temple is a tripartite...
leading to Rome and Damascus. After losing Gadara, the Nabataean king ObodasI launched an attack against Alexander in a steep valley at Gadara, where...
by the Nabataeans to commemorate Obodas. He was buried there and inscriptions have been found referring to "Obodas the god". During the reign of Aretas...
Hasmonean ruler Alexander Jannaeus (r. 103-76 BCE) against the Nabatean kings ObodasI and Aretas III between ca. 93–80 BCE, leading to the conquest of the Golan...
169 BC Aretas I 120/110 to 96 BC Aretas II In some sources appears as successor to Rabbel I c. 96 to 85 BC ObodasI c. 85/84 BC Rabbel I In some sources...
dates from the 1st century BC. It was dedicated to ObodasI and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins...
deified king of the Nabataeans, it is not clear whether this would be ObodasI, II, or III. His association with the royal family leads to believe that...
was built by the Nabataeans to commemorate Obodas. Inscriptions have been found inside referring to "Obodas the god". Battle of Cana between the Seleucids...
later than 150 CE, and contains a prayer to the deified Nabataean king ObodasI: The earliest 6th century Arabic inscription is from Zabad (512 CE), a...
Nabataean towns of Moab and Gilead and imposed a tribute of an unknown amount. ObodasI knew that Alexander would attack, so was able to ambush Alexander's forces...
(120/110–96 BC) ObodasI, King (c.96–85 BC) Aretas III, King (84–60/59 BC) Obodas II, King (62/61–60/59 BC) Malichus I, King (59–30 BC) Obodas III, King (30–9...
desert by the Nabataeans for commemorating Obodas where inscriptions have been found referring to "Obodas the god". Antigonid–Nabataean confrontations...
to 62 BCE. Aretas ascended to the throne upon the death of his brother, ObodasI, in 87 BCE. During his reign, he extended his kingdom to cover what now...
Classical Arabic is found in Ayn Avadat , being a poem dedicated to King ObodasI , known for defeating the Hasmonean Alexander Jannaeus . Its date is estimated...
Xiongnu defeat Han Dynasty. 93 BC Battle of Gadara Nabataean Kingdom under ObodasI ambush and defeat Hasmonean Kingdom under Alexander Jannaeus in the Transjordan...
temple dedicated to the cult of Obodas the King was built with a hard-limestone in the year 9 BCE during the reign of Obodas II. The temple is a tripartite...
of Uranius and asserted that it was Rabbel I. Jean Starcky argued that the Nabataean monarch was ObodasI, whom Maurice Sartre preferred and concluded...
the canyon. Avdat, formerly Eboda, was named after the Nabataean King ObodasI who, according to tradition, was buried there. Habitation during the prehistoric...
indicates a ritual marriage between the goddess and a king. The Nabataean king ObodasI defeated the Judaeans at some point before 93 BC; this is deduced from...
and defeated his army. Aretas came to power after the assassination of Obodas III, who was apparently poisoned. Josephus says that he was originally named...
of any pretext for the annexation: Rabbel II had an heir by the name of Obodas and though there was little fighting (attested to by the fact that Trajan...
burner which attests a well-preserved dedication by a priest and his son to Obodas. This dates to the reign of the Nabataean king Rabbel II Soter, who ruled...
counting on the assistance of the Nabataean Arabs of NW Arabia, whose king Obodas was a Roman ally and contributed 1,000 warriors under his chief secretary...
to traditional accounts[citation needed]: a dot above = a, a dot below = i, a dot on the line = u, and doubled dots giving tanwin. However, this was...
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