In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me.
NMVIn Dammesek (Damascus) [silent is the sackcloth weaver] the governor under Aretas [graver] the king kept the city of the Damascenes (Damascus) with a Garrison (fortification; military post), desirous to apprehend me:
OJBIn Damascus the Ethnarch under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus to arrest me,
TCENTIn Damascus the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of the Damascenes, wanting to arrest me,
T4TOne time when I was in Damascus city, the governor whom King Aretas had appointed to rule part of his area, told his soldiers to guard the gates of the city so that they could seize me if I tried to leave the city.