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Obodas I. He was the successor of Aretas II, from whom he inherited the war with the Hasmonean kingdom . He defeated them around 93 BC on the Golan Heights . Then he ambushed Alexander Jannaeus near Gadara , just east of the Sea of Galilee . Using camel cavalry, he forced Jannaeus into a valley where he completed the ambush thereby getting revenge for the Nabateans' loss of Gaza . Moab and Gilead , two mountains east of the Dead Sea and the Jordan , were returned. Both Antiochus and Obodas were killed but the invaders were defeated. The Nabataean Empire, however, was saved. Obodas was buried in the Negev , at a place that was renamed in honor, Avdat .1 After his death Obodas was worshiped as a deity. He was succeeded by his son Aretas III . This article draws heavily on the nl:Obodas I article in the Dutch-language Wikipedia, which was accessed in the version of September 15, 2008.2
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Obodas I ( Ubaidah ) was King of the Nabateans from 96 BC to 85 BC. He was the successor of Aretas II , from whom he inherited the war with the Hasmonean kingdom . He defeated them around 93 BC on the Golan Heights . Then he ambushed Alexander Jannaeus near Gadara , just east of the Sea of Galilee . Using camel cavalry, he forced Jannaeus into a valley where he completed the ambush thereby getting revenge for the Nabateans' loss of Gaza . Moab and Gilead , two mountains east of the Dead Sea and the Jordan , were returned. Both Antiochus and Obodas were killed but the invaders were defeated. The Nabataean Empire, however, was saved. Obodas was buried in the Negev , at a place that was renamed in honor, Avdat . After his death Obodas was worshiped as a deity. He was succeeded by his brother Aretas III .
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Silver drachm of Obodas I (86 BC) Obodas I ( ʿUbaydah ) was king of the Nabataeans from 96 BC to 85 BC. After his death, Obodas was worshiped as a deity.
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Nabataean king and deity Silver drachm of Obodas I (86 BC) Obodas I ( Nabataean Aramaic : 𐢗𐢃𐢅𐢞 ʿŌbōdaṯ ; ) was king of the Nabataeans from 96 BC to 85 BC. After his death, Obodas was worshiped as a deity.
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Nabataean king and deity Silver drachm of Obodas I (86 BC) 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. The king's name as transcribed in Arabic is عُبادة ʿubādah , which means "submission, obedience or worship (of god)".Al-Mallah, Hashim Yahya (2011-01-01). الوسيط في تاريخ العرب قبل الإسلام [ The mediator in the history of the Arabs before Islam ] (in Arabic).
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king of the nabateans from 96 bc to 85 bc
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nabataean king who ruled over the kingdom from 96 to 85 bc
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