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It gets curiouser then

Posted by Vince on 2/3/2009, 3:12 am, in reply to "Everything I've read says..."

What was ol' King Aretas doing up in Damascus then, with his garrison of soldiers, that Paul talks about?

Now, I know that Herod Antipas was married to Aretas' daughter and when he divorced her to take his brother Philip's wife -Herodius ...... Aretas got right pissed off and invaded Galilee, totally whomping Herod's armies. Josephus (apparently) attributed Herod's embarrassing defeat to God's wrath for killing John the Baptist.

I wonder if THAT is possibly the time when Aretas sent a garrison up to Damascus?

-Vince

Message Thread:

Decapolis - Vince 2/2/2009, 1:29 pm
- Re: Decapolis - Pope Reverend I, BV 2/2/2009, 3:54 pm
  - That's great! - Vince 2/2/2009, 9:02 pm
    - Don't forget... - Pope Reverend I, BV 2/2/2009, 10:04 pm
      - I dunno - Vince 2/2/2009, 10:13 pm
        
        Everything I've read says... - Pope Reverend I, BV 2/3/2009, 12:55 am
        
        It gets curiouser then - Vince 2/3/2009, 3:12 am
        
        Then again, like I said... - Pope Reverend I, BV 2/3/2009, 6:50 am
        
        Agreed - Vince 2/3/2009, 1:11 pm
        
        Read those Encycolpedia Entries again, Vince. - Pope Reverend I, BV 2/3/2009, 10:03 pm
        
        Hmmm - Vince 2/4/2009, 12:22 am
        
        I suppose it would depend... - Pope Reverend I, BV 2/4/2009, 1:10 am
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