NET
32 In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to arrest me,
Darby
32 In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes shut up, wishing to take me;
KJV
32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: