King Obodas I of Nabataea 
Obodas I's father was King Aretas II of Nabataea. His paternal grandfather was King Aretas I of Nabataea. He was an only child. He died in 0086 BC. He was buried in 0086 BC in Obodat (now Avdat), Arabia .General Notes
he continued his father's expansion by moving on northward into Syria a s Seleucid rule disintegrated. Obodas managed to ambush Alexander Janna eus near Gadara, just east of the Sea of Galilee. Using a mass of camel r iders, he forced Jannaeus into a deep valley where the Nabataeans compl eted the ambush and gained their revenge over loosing Gaza. Around 86 B C Seleucid ruler Antiochus XII Dionysus mounted an invasion against Obo das I. Both Antiochus and Obodas died in battle but the Seleucid army w as utterly defeated. The Nabataean Empire, however, was saved. Obodas w as buried in the Negev, at a place that was renamed in honor: Obodat ( modern Avdat).
Event: King of Nabataea Acceded BET 96 BC AND 86 BC
He had a biological son named Aretas III.
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