Paul went into ARABIA

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Galatians 1:

17 I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.

Where was Arabia?

Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges:

in the time of St Paul it [Damascus] was included in the territory of Aretas, an Arabian prince (2 Corinthians 11:32) who was father-in-law of Herod Antipas, and who held his kingdom under the Romans.

By ‘Arabia’ then we understand (as in ch. Galatians 4:25) the Sinaitic peninsula.

2 Corinthians 11:

32 In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me.

Galatians 4:

25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.