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Yakov,

In addition, I was wondering where the evidence that Abia referred to an Arab prince or client king, came from.
I cannot find any references to this.

Thanks,
Ralph

Thanks Yakov, You don't mention that Queen Helana of Adiabene was the wife of King Abgarus au Kama V of Edessa. This gives us a secure link between Adiabene and Edessa in the early 1st century AD. And if the Adiabene were the Babylonian Jews who were thrown out of Parthia in the early 1st century (A...