NEBALLAT
Their
exact
location
cannot
be
definitely
determined,
but
the
inscriptions
tell
us
that
they
were
very
remote
from
Assyria,
and
their
place
at
the
head
of
the
tribes
ot
Ishmael,
as
well
as
their
affiliation
with
the
Edomites
(Gn
28
and
36),
makes
it
probable
that
they
were
well
known
to
the
Hebrews.
Hence
they
are
to
be
sought
for
not
far
from
the
south-eastern
borders
of
Palestine.
The
time
when
they
flourished
agrees
with
the
fact
that
in
the
Bible
they
are
mentioned
only
in
the
late
Priestly
Code
and
by
the
'
Third
Isaiah
'
(Is
60').
They
are
usually,
but
wrongly,
identified
with
the
Nabatseans
(the
Nabatheeans
of
1
Mac
S'^
9^).
J.
F.
M'Curdy.
NEBALLAT.
—
A
town
inhabited
by
Benjamites
(Neh
11");
prob.
the
modern
Beit
NebiUa,
3i
miles
N.E.
of
Lydda.
NEBAT.—
Father
of
Jeroboam
i.
(1
K
ll^s
and
on-wards).
The
constant
designation
of
Jeroboam
i.
as
'
ben-Nebat
'
is
probably
the
usage
of
a
writer
later
than
Jeroboam
ben-Joash.
It
is
intended,
doubtless,
to
distinguish
the
two
kings.
NEBO
(Assyr.
Nabu,
'Announcer').
—
A
Bab.
deity
who
presided
over
Uterature
and
science.
The
cuneiform
system
of
writing
was
credited
to
his
invention.
He
was
the
son
and
messenger
ot
Bel-Marduk;
whose
will
to
mortals
he
Interpreted.
The
planet
Mercury
was
sacred
to
Nebo.
The
chief
centre
of
his
worship
was
the
temple
of
E-Zida
in
Borsippa,
between
which
and
the
temple
of
Marduk
in
Babylon
took
place
the
great
annual
processions
of
which
we
find
a
reminiscence
in
Is
46".
The
name
Nebo
appears
as
an
element
in
many
Babylonian
names
—
Nebuchadrezzar,
Nebuzar-adan,
Abed-nego
(properly
Abed-nebo),
etc.
W.
M.
Nesbit.
NEBO.
—
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
influ-ence
of
the
Babylonian
cult
at
a
remote
period
both
E.
and
W.
of
the
Jordan.
1.
Nebo,
a
city
of
Judah
(Ezr
2"
10«
[1
Es
9>5
No-omiasj,
Neh
7^'),
identified
by
some
with
Beit
Nuba,
12
miles
N.W.
of
Jerusalem.
This
Nebo
is
the
Nobai
(.a
signatory
to
the
covenant)
of
Neh
lO^".
Whether
either
form
exactly
corresponds
to
the
original
name
is
uncertain.
2.
The
Moabite
town
called
Nebo
is
mentioned
in
Nu
323-
S8
3347_
Is
152,
jer
48'-
22,
1
Ch
S*,
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.
3.
Mount
Nebo
is
the
traditional
site
of
Moses'
view
of
Canaan
(Dt
34"-)
and
of
his
death
(Dt
325").
It
is
described
as
being
'in
the
land
of
Moab
over
against
Jericho'
and
as
reached
from
the
'steppes
of
Moab'
(Dt
341).
There
can
be
no
question
that
this
description
impUes
some
point
on
the
edge
of
the
great
plateau
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
Dt
34"-7
There
appears
to
be
most
reason
for
identifying
Mt.
Nebo
with
the
point
now
called
Neba,
and
theidentificationmight
be
regarded
as
certain
if
we
could
feel
sure
that
Neba
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.
Neba
Ues
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
ot
Moab.
In
this
respect
it
satisfies
the
description
better
than
the
other
sites
which
have
been
proposed,
(1)
the
some-what
loftier
Mt.
Attarus
10
miles
farther
south,
and
(2)
Mt.
Osha
some
20
miles
north
of
Mt.
Neba
and
a
NEC(H)0
finer
point
of
view,
but
outside
Moab.
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
Umitations
in
some
directions
are
also
sharply
defined.
Northward
(or,
strictly,
between
N.
and
N.N.W.)
the
view
extends
far;
from
Mt.
Neba,
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
ot
the
Judiean
plateau
to
the
Jordan
Valley.
This
western
mountain
wall
is
of
approximately
the
same
height
as
the
Moabite
wall
on
the
E.
Consequently
from
no
point
in
Moab
is
it
possible
to
see
the
'hinder
sea,'
i.e.
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
Dt
34"-
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
diffi-culty
could
be
in
part
overcome
by
considering
Dt
Zi?-
'
(together
with
the
words
'of
Gilead
unto
Dan'
in
v.')
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
wliich
defines
the
land
of
Israel
but
not
the
view.
For
a
further
discussion
of
the
view
from
Neba,
see
Expositor,
Nov.
1904,
pp.
321-341.
See
also
art.
P18GAH.
G.
B.
Ghay.
NEBUCHADNEZZAR.—
See
next
article.
NEBUCHADREZZAR.—
The
iVa!)ffi-i:u(i«r-«ZMr
of
the
Babylonians,
for
which
'Nebuchadnezzar'
(the
famiUar
form
often
retained
in
the
present
work)
is
an
error,
was
son
and
successor
ot
Nabopolassar,
founder
ot
the
New
Bab.
empire
(b.c.
604-561).
The
tall
of
Nineveh
gave
Egypt
a
chance
to
reclaim
Syria,
and
Pharaoh-Necho
made
an
attempt
to
regain
it.
Josiah
fell
in
a
vain
effort
to
repel
him
(2
K
23^'),
but
Nebuchadrezzar
defeated
him
at
Carchemish
(b.c.
605).
He
then
re-covered
the
whole
of
the
West,
and
seems
to
have
been
threatening
Egypt
when
recalled
to
Babylon
by
news
of
his
father's
death.
At
this
time
he
first
cap-tured
Jerusalem
(Dn
l'-
').
We
know
little
ot
his
wars
from
his
own
inscriptions,
which
deal
almost
entirely
with
his
buildings
and
pious
acts
at
home.
According
to
classical
historians,
he
made
Babylon
one
of
the
wonders
of
the
world.
He
fortified
it
with
a
triple
Une
of
walls
and
a
moat;
he
restored
temples
and
cities
throughout
his
kingdom.
A
fragment
of
his
annals
records
that
in
his
37th
year
he.
fought
against
Amasis
in
Egypt
(cf.
Jer
46"-»',
Ezk
292-'»).
For
his
relations
with
Judah,
see
Jehoiakim,
Jehoiachin,
Zedeeiah,
Gedaliah.
He
certainly
was
the
greatest
king
of
Babylon
since
Hammurabi.
For
his
madness,
see
Medicine,
p.
599".
C.
H.
W.
Johns.
NEBUSHAZBAN
(Jer
39i»).—
The
Bab.
NabH^shezib-anni,
'Nabu
save
me,'
was
Rab-saris
(wh.
see)
at
the
capture
of
Jerusalem
by
Nebuchadrezzar.
C.
H.
W.
Johns.
NEBUZARADAN.—
TheBab.
Nabn-zer-iddin,
'
Naba
has
given
seed,'
'the
chief
of
the
bodyguard'
to
Nebu-chadrezzar
(2
K
25»-M,
Jer
52M).
He
was
charged
with
the
pacification
of
Judah
after
the
fall
of
Jerusalem.
C.
H.
W.
Johns.
NEC(H)0.—
2
K
23"-
»,
2
Ch
352»-36',
Jer
462,
Egyp.
Neko
or
Nekoou,
son
of
Psammetichus
i.
and
second
king
of
the
26th
Dyn.
(b.c.
610-594).
Continuing
the
development
of
Egypt
that
had
gone
on
in
his
father's
long
reign,
Necho
commenced
a
canal
joining
the
Nile
and
the
Red
Sea,
but
abandoned
it
unfinished.
Early
in
his
reign
he
also
endeavoured
to
revive
the
dominion
of
Egypt
in
Syria,
seizing
the
opportunity
afforded
by
the
collapse
of
Assyria;
his
army
reached
the
Euphrates,
