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| <p> <strong> NEBO. </strong> The name of a [[Moabite]] town, a mountain in Moab, and (according to the [[Hebrew]] text) of a city of Judah. It is probable, though not quite certain, that these places were named after the [[Babylonian]] deity [[Nebo]] (see preced. art.), and thus point to the influence of the Babylonian cult at a remote period both E. and W. of the Jordan. </p> <p> <strong> 1 </strong> . Nebo, a city of <em> [[Judah]] </em> ( Ezra 2:29; Ezra 10:43 [ 1Es 9:35 <strong> Noomias </strong> ], Nehemiah 7:29 ], identified by some with <em> Beit Nubâ </em> , 12 miles N.W. of Jerusalem. This Nebo is the <strong> [[Nobai]] </strong> (a signatory to the covenant) of Nehemiah 10:20 . [[Whether]] either form exactly corresponds to the original name is uncertain. </p> <p> <strong> 2 </strong> . The <em> Moabite </em> town called Nebo is mentioned in Numbers 32:3; Numbers 32:33; Numbers 33:47 , Isaiah 15:2 , Jeremiah 48:1; Jeremiah 48:22 , 1 Chronicles 5:8 , and also in the inscription of Mesha, who says: ‘And [[Chemosh]] said unto me, Go take Nebo against Israel.’ The exact site is unknown, but the town probably lay on, or near, Mt. Nebo. </p> <p> <strong> 3. Mount Nebo </strong> is the traditional site of Moses’ view of [[Canaan]] ( Deuteronomy 34:1 f.) and of his death ( Deuteronomy 32:50 ). It is described as being ‘in the land of [[Moab]] over against Jericho’ and as reached from the ‘steppes of Moah’ ( Deuteronomy 34:1 ). There can be no question that this description implies some point on the edge of the great platean of Moab, which drops steeply some 4000 feet to the [[Jordan]] [[Valley]] or the [[Dead]] Sea. Two related problems call for solution: Which point in particular on this edge of the plateau is Mt. Nebo? How does the actual view thence agree with the terms of Deuteronomy 34:1 f.? There appears to be most reason for identifying Mt. Nebo with the point now called <em> Nebâ </em> , and the identification might be regarded as certain if we could feel sure that <em> Nebâ </em> is really an ancient name, and not merely (as it may be) the name attached to the summit after tradition had claimed it as the Nebo of the Bible. Nebâ lies about 12 miles almost due E. of the Jordan at the point where the river enters the Dead Sea, and is one of the summits most easily ascended from the steppes of Moah. In this respect it satisfies the description better than the other sites which have been proposed, (1) the somewhat loftier Mt. Attârus 10 miles farther south, and (2) Mt. Oshâ some 20 miles north of Mt. Nebâ and a finer point of view, but <em> outside Moab </em> . The view from each of these great points and from several others along the great mountain wall which encloses the Jordan Valley on the E. is extensive and impressive; but its limitations in some directions are also sharply defined. [[Northward]] (or, strictly, between N. and N.N.W.) the view extends far; from Mt. Nebâ, for example, it is possible to see Mt. Tabor, 70 miles away. Westwards, on the other hand, it is blocked at from 30 to 40 miles by the great wall formed by the sharp declivity of the Judæan plateau to the Jordan Valley. This western mountain wall is of approximately the same height as the Moabite wall on the E. Consequently <em> from no point in Moab </em> is it possible to see the ‘hinder sea,’ <em> i.e </em> . the Mediterranean; nor is it possible to see more than about one-third of the country between Jordan and the Mediterranean. It follows that the description in Deuteronomy 34:1 f. is inaccurate not only in mentioning specific features (the Mediterranean, Dan, probably Zoar) which are out of sight, but in giving the general impression that the view commanded the whole of [[Western]] Palestine, whereas it actually commands but a third. The difficulty could be in part overcome by considering Deuteronomy 34:2-3 (together with the words ‘of [[Gilead]] unto Dan’ in v. 1) an editor’s note explaining the phrase ‘all the land.’ It is significant that this detailed description is absent from the [[Samaritan]] text, which has, instead, a shorter description which defines the land of [[Israel]] but not the view. For a further discussion of the view from Nebâ, see <em> Expositor </em> , Nov. 1904, pp. 321 341. See also art. Pisgah. </p> <p> G. B. Gray. </p> | | <p> The idol of [[Babylon]] and Assyria. Νabiu (Hamitic Babylonian), Νabu (Semitic Babylonian). Related to [[Hebrew]] nabi , "inspired," "prophet." [[Described]] as "the far hearing," "he of intelligence, who teaches." The cuneiform arrow head is his emblem; hence named Τir , "arrow." [[Answering]] the [[Egyptian]] "Thoth," the [[Greek]] "Hermes," "Mercury," the "inspired" interpreter or nabiy of the gods, designated in one place "inventor of the writing of the royal tablets." Presided over learning and letters. Pul, from some special connection with Babylon (Ivalush III) gave [[Nebo]] a prominence in [[Assyrian]] worship which he had not before. </p> <p> A statue of Nebo with the god's epithets written across the body, set up at [[Calah]] by Pul, is in the British Museum. Babylon from early ages held Nebo among the chief gods. At Birs Nimrud (Borsippa) was his ancient temple, which [[Nebuchadnezzar]] rebuilt. He also called his seaport on the [[Persian]] gulf Teredon, i.e. given to Tir equalling Nebo. The names Nabo-nassar, Nabo-polassar, Nebu-chadnezzar, Nabo-nadius, show Nebo was their guardian god. The tower of Nebo had the form of the seven spheres. Nebo's sphere has the blue sacred to him. But "Nebo stoopeth," i.e. is prostrate, "a burden to the weary beast" of the conqueror who carried the idol away; so far was Nebo from saving Babylon (Isaiah 46:1; 1 Samuel 5:3-4; Psalms 20:8). </p> |
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| <p> Ne' bo. (prophet) . </p> <p> 1 . A town of Reuben, on the east side of Jordan. Numbers 32:3 ; Numbers 32:38. In the remarkable prophecy adopted by Isaiah , Isaiah 15:2 , and Jeremiah , Jeremiah 48:1 ; Jeremiah 48: 26, concerning Moab, [[ Nebo]] is mentioned in the same connection as before, but in the hands of Moab. </p> <p> [[ Eusebius]] and [[ Jerome]] identify it with [[ Nobah]] or Kerrath, and place it eight miles south of Heshbon, where the ruins of el- Habis appear to stand at present. ( Professor Paine identifies it with some ruins on Mount Nebo, a mile south of its summit, and Dr. Robinson seems to agree with this. - Editor). </p> <p> 2 . The children of Nebo , returned from [[ Babylon]] with Zerubbabel. Ezra 2:29 ; Ezra 10:43; Nehemiah 7:33. The name occurs between [[ Bethel]] and [[ Ai]] and Lydda, which implies that it was situated in the territory of Benjamin, to the northwest of Jerusalem. This is possibly the modern Beit-Nubah, about 12 miles northwest by west of Jerusalem, 8 miles from Lydda. </ p> < p> 3. Nebo, which occurs both in Isaiah, Isaiah 46:11, and Jeremiah, Jeremiah 45:1, as the name of a [[Chaldean]] god, is a well known deity of the [[Babylonians]] and Assyrians. He was the god, who presided over learning and letters. His general character corresponds to that of the Egyptian, Thoth; the Greek, Hermes; and the Latin, Mercury. </ p> < p> Astronomically, he is identified with the planet nearest the sun. In Babylonia, Nebo held a prominent place from an early time. The ancient town of Borsippa was especially under his protection, and the great temple here, the modern Birs-Nimrud, was dedicated to him, from a very remote age. He was the tutelar god of the most important [[Babylonian]] kings, in whose names the word, Nabu or Nebo, appears as an element. </p> | | <p> ( נבו , <i> ''''' nebhō ''''' </i> ; Ναβαῦ , <i> '''' ' Nabaú ''''' </i> ) : </p> <p> (1 ) This town is named in Numbers 32:3 between [[Sebam]] and [[Beon]] (which latter evidently represents Baal-meon of Numbers 32:38 ), after [[Heshbon]] and Elealeh, as among the cities assigned by [[Moses]] to Reuben. It was occupied by the [[Reubenite]] clan [[Bela]] (1 Chronicles 5:8 ). Here it is named between [[Aroer]] and Baalmeon. In their denunciations of wrath against Moab, Isaiah names it along with [[Medeba]] (Isaiah 15:2 ) and Jeremiah with [[Kiriathaim]] (Jeremiah 48:1 ), and again (Jeremiah 48: 22 ) between [[Dibon]] and Beth-diblathaim. [[Mesha]] (M S) says that by command of [[ Chemosh]] he went by night against the city, captured it after an assault that lasted from dawn till noon, and put all the inhabitants to death. He dedicated the place to Ashtar-chemosh. [[ Jerome]] ( <i> [[ Commentary]] </i> on Isaiah 15:2 ) tells us that at [[ Nebo]] was the idol of Chemosh. The site which seems best to meet the requirements of the passages indicated is on the ridge of <i> '''''Jebel''''' </i> <i> '''''Nebā''''' </i> to the Southwest of <i> '''''Ḥesbān''''' </i> , where ruins of an ancient town bearing the name of <i> '''''en''''' </i> - <i> '''''Nebā''''' </i> are found ( Buhl, <i> GAP </i> , 266). </p> <p> (2 ) ( נבו , <i> ''''' nebhō ''''' </i> ; B, Ναβοῦ , <i> ''''' Naboú ''''' </i> A, Ναβώ , <i> ''''' Nabṓ ''''' </i> , and other forms): Fifty-two descendants of the inhabitants of Nebo returned from exile with [[ Zerubbabel]] ( Ezra 2:29; Nehemiah 7:33 ). The place was in [[ Judah]] and is named after [[ Bethel]] and Ai. There is nothing, however, to guide us as to its exact position. It may be represented by either Belt Nuba, 12 miles Northwest of Jerusalem, or Nuba, which lies about 4 miles South-Southeast of <i> '''''‛Id''''' </ i> < i> '''''el''''' </ i> - <i> '''''Mā'''''' < /i> (Adullam). </p> |
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| <p> [[Nebo]] (nç'bo), proclaimer. 1. One of the [[Assyrian]] deities, who is represented, with Bel, as being unable to resist the destruction to which [[Cyrus]] subjected their idols. Isaiah 46:1. This god was called "he who possesses intelligence," and statues of him are still preserved. 2. A mountain of [[Moab]] "over against Jericho." Deuteronomy 32:49. "And [[Moses]] went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah,... and the Lord showed him all the land of [[Gilead]] unto Dan." Deuteronomy 34:1. Nebo was a mountain in the range of mountains called Abarim. While the discussions respecting [[Pisgah]] have been sharp, the majority of explorers and scholars agree in identifying Nebo with the northem end of the [[Abarim]] range. See Pisgah. 3. A city east of the Jordan; rebuilt by the Gadites, Numbers 32:3; Numbers 32:38; Numbers 33:47; captured by the Moabites. Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 48:1; Jeremiah 48:22. It was eight miles south of Heshbon; perhaps el Hâbis. 4. A town in Benjamin, Nehemiah 7:33; possibly Nuba, 7 miles northwest of Hebron. </p>
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| <p> 1. A town in the vicinity of [[Bethel]] and Ai, Ezra 2:29 Nehemiah 7:33 . </p> <p> 2. A city of Reuben, Numbers 32:38 , taken by the Moabites, who held it in the time of Jeremiah, Isaiah 15:2 Jeremiah 48:1 . </p> <p> 3. A mountain of Moab, whence [[Moses]] had a view of the promised land, and where he died. It is a summit of the range Abarim, "over against Jericho." Seetzen, Burckhardy, etc., identify it with Mount Attarus, about ten miles north of the Arnon. Travelers do not observe any very prominent summit in the rage immediately opposite Jericho; but it has not yet fully explored, Deuteronomy 32:49 34:1-12 . </p> <p> 4. An idol of the Babylonians, Isaiah 46:1 . In the astrological mythology of the Babylonians, this idol probably represented the planet Mercury. It was also worshipped by the ancient Arabians. The extensive prevalence of this worship among the [[Chaldeans]] and Assyrians, is evident from the many compound proper names occurring in the Scriptures, of which this word forms part; as Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan, Nebushasban, Jeremiah 39:9,13; and also in the classics, as Naboned, Nabonassar, Nabopolassar, etc. </p>
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| Isaiah 46:1 <p> 2. [[Moabite]] city located southwest of Heshbon. The tribes [[Reuben]] and [[Gad]] requested the area around [[Nebo]] for their flocks (Numbers 32:2-3 ). It was held by [[Israel]] until recaptured by King [[Mesha]] about 850 B.C. 3. [[Town]] reinhabited by exiles returning from [[Babylon]] (Ezra 2:29 ). The site has been identified with Nob. 4. [[Mountain]] about twelve miles east of the mouth of the [[Jordan]] [[River]] from which [[Moses]] viewed the [[Promised]] Land (Deuteronomy 32:49 ). It rises over 4000 feet above the [[Dead]] [[Sea]] and gives an excellent view of the southwest, west, and as far north as Mount Hermon. Israel captured the area around Mount Nebo as they marched toward Canaan. They camped in the area of Mount Nebo opposite [[Jericho]] when the [[Balaam]] incident occurred (Numbers 22-24 ). During the period of the judges it was the possession of [[Eglon]] of Moab. [[David]] recaptured the area (2 Samuel 8:2 ), and it remained a part of Israel until Mesha rebelled and took control about 850 B.C. </p>
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| <p> We meet with this name for three different places. There was a city of the [[Reubenites]] called Nebo, (Numbers 32:38) —and according to Jeremiah, in his days the [[Moabites]] had it in possession. (Jeremiah 48:1-47) There was also a city of [[Judah]] of this name in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. (Ezra 2:29; Nehemiah 7:33) And the famous mountain on which [[Moses]] died was called Nebo. (Deuteronomy 34:1; Deu 34:5) One of the idols of [[Babylon]] bore the name of Nebo. (Isaiah 46:1) The root of the name seems to be much the same as that of Nebat. </p> | |
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| <p> 1. City of Reuben, east of the Jordan. Numbers 32:3,38; Numbers 33:47; 1 Chronicles 5:8 . It is denounced in the prophets as belonging to Moab. Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 48:1,22 . </p> <p> 2. City whose inhabitants or 'children' returned from exile. Ezra 2:29; Nehemiah 7:33 . </p> <p> 3. One whose descendants had married strange wives. Ezra 10:43 . </p> <p> 4. A [[Chaldean]] idol whose name as Nabo or Nebu is probably incorporated in some of the Chaldaic proper names. Isaiah 46:1 . </p>
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| <li> The "children of Nebo" (Ezra 2:29; Nehemiah 7:33 ) were of those who returned from Babylon. It was a town in Benjamin, probably the modern Beit Nubah, about 7 miles north-west of Hebron. <div> <p> [[Copyright]] StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated [[Bible]] Dictionary, [[Third]] Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Nebo'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/n/nebo.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>
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| <p> the name of an idol of the Babylonians: "Bel boweth down, [[Nebo]] stoopeth," Isaiah 46:1 . The word <em> Nebo </em> comes from a root that signifies "to prophesy," and therefore may stand for an oracle. There is some probability in the opinion of Calmet, that [[Bel]] and Nebo are but one and the same deity, and that Isaiah made use of these names as synonymous. The god Bel was the oracle of the Babylonians. The name Nebo, or Nabo, is found in the composition of the names of several princes of Babylon; as Nabonassar, Nabopolassar, Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan, Nebushasban, &c. </p>
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| <p> Mount [[Nebo]] was a prominent peak in the hilly region of [[Abarim]] on the [[Moabite]] tableland, east of the [[Jordan]] [[River]] (Numbers 33:47). It was the place where the aged [[Moses]] went to view the promised land and where, a short time later, he died (Deuteronomy 32:49-50; Deuteronomy 34:1; Deuteronomy 34:5-6; see ABARIM). </p>
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| == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_52187" /> ==
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| <p> <p> [[Copyright]] StatementThese files are public domain. </p> <p> Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Nebo'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/n/nebo.html. [[Harper]] & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p> </p>
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| <p> Nebo, 1 </p> <p> Ne´bo, a [[Chaldean]] idol mentioned in , and supposed to have been the symbol of the planet Mercury, the celestial scribe and interpreter of the gods, answering to the [[Hermes]] and [[Anubis]] of the Egyptians. He was likewise worshipped by the [[Sabians]] in Arabia. The divine worship paid to this idol by the [[Chaldeans]] and [[Assyrians]] is attested by many compound proper names of which it forms part, as Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan, Nebuhashban; besides others mentioned in classical writers,—Nabonedus, Nabonassar, Naburianus, Nabonabus, Nabopolassar. </p> <p> Nebo, 2 </p> <p> Nebo, the name of a mountain on the confines of [[Moab]] , and of a town near it (;; ). Since the time of Seetzen and Burckhardt, Mount [[Nebo]] has been usually identified with Mount Attarus, east of the [[Dead]] Sea. </p> <p> Nebo, 3 </p> <p> Nebo, a town in the tribe of [[Judah]] or more fully, in order to distinguish it from the preceding, 'the other Nebo' . </p>
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Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
The idol of Babylon and Assyria. Νabiu (Hamitic Babylonian), Νabu (Semitic Babylonian). Related to Hebrew nabi , "inspired," "prophet." Described as "the far hearing," "he of intelligence, who teaches." The cuneiform arrow head is his emblem; hence named Τir , "arrow." Answering the Egyptian "Thoth," the Greek "Hermes," "Mercury," the "inspired" interpreter or nabiy of the gods, designated in one place "inventor of the writing of the royal tablets." Presided over learning and letters. Pul, from some special connection with Babylon (Ivalush III) gave Nebo a prominence in Assyrian worship which he had not before.
A statue of Nebo with the god's epithets written across the body, set up at Calah by Pul, is in the British Museum. Babylon from early ages held Nebo among the chief gods. At Birs Nimrud (Borsippa) was his ancient temple, which Nebuchadnezzar rebuilt. He also called his seaport on the Persian gulf Teredon, i.e. given to Tir equalling Nebo. The names Nabo-nassar, Nabo-polassar, Nebu-chadnezzar, Nabo-nadius, show Nebo was their guardian god. The tower of Nebo had the form of the seven spheres. Nebo's sphere has the blue sacred to him. But "Nebo stoopeth," i.e. is prostrate, "a burden to the weary beast" of the conqueror who carried the idol away; so far was Nebo from saving Babylon (Isaiah 46:1; 1 Samuel 5:3-4; Psalms 20:8).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
( נבו , nebhō ; Ναβαῦ , Nabaú ):
(1) This town is named in Numbers 32:3 between Sebam and Beon (which latter evidently represents Baal-meon of Numbers 32:38 ), after Heshbon and Elealeh, as among the cities assigned by Moses to Reuben. It was occupied by the Reubenite clan Bela (1 Chronicles 5:8 ). Here it is named between Aroer and Baalmeon. In their denunciations of wrath against Moab, Isaiah names it along with Medeba (Isaiah 15:2 ) and Jeremiah with Kiriathaim (Jeremiah 48:1 ), and again (Jeremiah 48:22 ) between Dibon and Beth-diblathaim. Mesha (M S) says that by command of Chemosh he went by night against the city, captured it after an assault that lasted from dawn till noon, and put all the inhabitants to death. He dedicated the place to Ashtar-chemosh. Jerome ( Commentary on Isaiah 15:2 ) tells us that at Nebo was the idol of Chemosh. The site which seems best to meet the requirements of the passages indicated is on the ridge of Jebel Nebā to the Southwest of Ḥesbān , where ruins of an ancient town bearing the name of en - Nebā are found (Buhl, GAP , 266).
(2) ( נבו , nebhō ; B, Ναβοῦ , Naboú A, Ναβώ , Nabṓ , and other forms): Fifty-two descendants of the inhabitants of Nebo returned from exile with Zerubbabel ( Ezra 2:29; Nehemiah 7:33 ). The place was in Judah and is named after Bethel and Ai. There is nothing, however, to guide us as to its exact position. It may be represented by either Belt Nuba, 12 miles Northwest of Jerusalem, or Nuba, which lies about 4 miles South-Southeast of ‛Id el - Mā' (Adullam).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(Ezra 2:29; Nehemiah 7:33). For this site Lieut. Conder proposes (Tent Work, 2:339) Nuba, seven miles north-west of Hebron, described in the Memoirs to the Ordnance Survey (3:309) as "a small village perched on a low hill, with a well about a mile to the east."
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