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NASB					2 Cor 11:32 In ^ADamascus¹¹⁵⁴ the ethnarch¹⁴⁸¹ under Aretas⁷⁰² the king⁹³⁵ was ^Bguarding⁵⁴³² the city⁴¹⁷² of the Damascenes¹¹⁵³ in order to seize⁴⁰⁸⁴ me,
AMPLIFIED 2015					2 Cor 11:32 In Damascus the ¹governor (ethnarch) under ²King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to arrest me,

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Perhaps also leader of the Jewish community.

King of the Nabatean Arabs from 9 B.C. to A.D. 40.

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Acts 9:2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

Acts 9:24 but their plot became known to Saul. They were also watching the gates day and night so that they might put him to death;

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Greek Heb.

702

Aretas; of unc. or.; Aretas, an Arabian king:--Aretas(1).

935

basileus; of unc. or.; a king:--king(82), King of kings(1), KING OF KINGS(1), king's(2), king*(1), kings(1), kings(24), kings'(1).

1153

Damaskênos; from 1154; of Damascus:--Damascenes(1).

1154

Damaskos; of Heb. or. [1834]; Damascus, a city of Syria:--Damascus(15).

1481

ethnarchês; from 1484 and 757; an ethnarch, a governor (not king) of a province:--ethnarch(1).

4084

piazô; a late form of 4085; to lay hold of, to take:--caught(2), seize(6), seized(3), seizing(1).

4172

polis; a prim. word; a city:--cities(20), city(142).

5432

phroureô; from phrouros (a guard); to guard:--guard(1), guarding(1), kept in custody(1), protected(1).

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