Obodas
Family: Arabians · Role: king · First appears: Book I, Chapter 4
In Book I, Chapter 4, Obodas, king of the Arabians, was an enemy of Alexander and defeated his army near Golan after laying an ambush and plotting against him, forcing Alexander to flee to Jerusalem: “he lost his entire army.” By Book I, Chapter 24, Silleus was Obodas’s procurator and employer, while Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) was his bitter enemy.
Relationship record
Life events
- Obodas defeated Alexander's army near Golan, forcing Alexander to flee to Jerusalem.(Book I, Chapter 4 · 📍 Golan)
- With: Alexander (unresolved ch004)
- “when he fought with Obodas, king of the Arabians, who had laid an ambush for him near Golan, and a plot against him, he lost his entire army”
Book I, Chapter 4
- enemies with Alexander (unresolved ch004) “However, when he fought with Obodas, king of the Arabians, who had laid an ambush for him near Golan, and a plot against him”
Book I, Chapter 24
- with Silleus (interaction) “Silleus, the procurator of Obodas, king of Arabia”
- enemies with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “Silleus, the procurator of Obodas, king of Arabia, who was at bitter enmity with Herod”
- servant: Silleus “Silleus, the procurator of Obodas, king of Arabia”
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Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.