NOADIAH
(Dyns.
11,
12),
during
which
the
royal
families
were
much
connected
with
it.
It
was
the
capital
of
the
local
17th
Dyn.,
struggUng
against
the
Hyksos
in
the
name
of
its
god
Ammon;
and
the
great
waijiors
of
the
succeeding
18th
Dyn.
enriched
Thebes
with
the
spoils
of
conquest,
built
temples
there
that
surpassed
all
others
in
size
and
magnificence,
and
made
it
the
greatest
city
of
the
Empire.
Under
the
19th
and
20th
Dynasties,
Ammon
was
stiU
the
national
god,
and
Thebes
the
capital
of
Egypt.
Later,
Memphis
again
took
the
first
place,
but
Thebes
was
at
least
the
religious
centre
of
the
wide-spread
Ammon
worship,
and
the
temples
retained
much
of
their
wealth
until
the
sack
of
the
city
by
king
Ashurbanipal
(about
B.C.
666),
referred
to
in
Nahum.
The
temples
of
Thebes
con-tinued
to
be
added
to
until
insurrections
under
the
Ptolemys
led
to
its
destruction
and
final
abandonment
as
a
city.
In
Jer
46^
(RV)
'I
will
punish
Amon
of
No
and
Pharaoh
and
Egypt
with
her
gods
and
their
kings,'
Amon
is
probably
not
taken
as
the
representa-tive
god
of
Egypt,
a
position
which
he
no
longer
held
in
the
6th
cent.
B.C.:
the
passage
rather
indicates
the
completeness
of
Egypt's
fall
by
the
punishment
of
the
remote
Thebes,
which
could
not
be
accompUshed
till
Lower
Egypt
was
prostrate.
The
Theban
Ammon
was
often
entitled
'
Amen-ES,
king
of
the
gods,'
being
identified
with
the
sun-god
RS.
His
figure
is
that
of
a
man,
generally
coloured
green.
The
ram
was
his
sacred
animal.
In
Ethiopia
he
was
adopted
as
the
national
god,
and
his
worship
was
established
in
the
Oases,
especially
in
the
Oasis
of
Ammon
(Siwa),
where
liis
oracle
was
visited
by
Alexander.
F.
Ll.
Geipfith.
NOADIAH.—
1.
A
Levite
in
time
of
Ezra
(Ezr
8»);
called
in
1
Es
S^
Moeth.
2.
A
prophetess,
who
opposed
Nehemiah
(Neh
6'<).
NOAH.
—
1.
NBach,
'
rest.'
The
name
is
explained
in
Gn
S'^'
by
a
play
on
nicham,
'
to
comfort
'
;
but
perhaps
the
reading
supported
by
the
LXX
should
be
adopted,
'This
same
shall
give
us
rest'
In
one
tradition
Noah
is
the
hero
of
the
Flood,
and
answers
to
Ut-napisbtim
in
the
Bab.
legend.
See
Deluge.
Ut-napishtim
was
translated
to
immortality;
and
tliis
is
perhaps
referred
to
in
6'">
(cf.
5"
and
see
Enoch).
In
another
tradi-tion
he
is
the
discoverer
of
the
art
of
making
wine
(920-27).
Elsewhere
in
the
Bible,
besides
the
refer-ences
to
the
Flood,
Noah
is
mentioned
in
1
Ch
1*,
Ezk
1411.
2o_
Lk
3as.
2.
Nd'ah
(Nu
26«
27'
36",
Jos
17').
One
of
the
daughters
of
Zelophehad,
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh.
They
claimed
their
father's
inheritance
because
he
had
died
leaving
no
sons.
It
was
given
to
them,
on
condition
that
they
were
not
married
into
another
tribe.
A.
H.
M'Neile.
NO
-AMON.—
See
No.
NOB.
—
A
place
of
this
name
is
mentioned
in
three
passages—
1
S
21.
22,
Neh
ll*".
Is
10'^
(text
not
quite
certain).
The
context
in
the
two
latter
passages
points
to
a
place
near
Jerusalem.
In
1
Sam.,
David
passes
Nob,
which
has
become
'
the
city
of
priests
'
after
the
destruction
of
Shiloh,
on
his
way
from
Saul
(in
Gibeah,
wh.
see)
to
Gath;
tins
would
suit
a
site
near
Jerusalem,
though
it
does
not
demand
such
a
position,
unless,
indeed,
we
infer
(ct.
1
S
20«)
that
David
went
to
Nob
with
the
intention
of
proceeding
to
Bethlehem
(5
miles
S.
of
Jerusalem).
There
is
no
strong
reason
against
assuming
that
in
all
three
passages
the
same
place
is
referred
to.
In
Neh
If
and
Is
10"
Nob
is
closely
connected
with
Anathoth,
2i
miles
N.
of
Jerusalem.
Since
in
Is
10"
Nob
is
the
last
point
reached
by
the
Assyrian
army
and
the
place
from
which
it
threatens
Jerusalem,
the
site
is
best
sought
for
on
an
eminence
a
little
N.
of
the
city,
perhaps
in
particular
(with
Driver)
on
'
the
Bos
d-MeshSrif.
about
limiles
S.
W.
of
Anathoth,
the
ridge
from
the
brow
of
which
the
pilgrim
along
the
north
road
still
catches
his
first
view
of
the
holy
city.'
NOSE,
NOSTRILS
The
name
has
not
survived;
and
the
identification
suggested
stands
or
falls
with
the
correctness
of
the
Hebrew
text
in
Is
10".
G.
B.
Gray.
NOBAH.
—
1.
The
clan
name
of
the
Israelites
who
conquered
the
city
of
Kenath
(wh.
see).
2.
A
place
named
with
Jogbehah
in
the
account
of
Gideon's
pursuit
of
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
(Jg
8"),
possibly
also
in
Nu
21"»,
where
the
Syr.
reads
'
Nobah
which
is
on
the
desert,'
instead
of
'Nophah
which
reacheth
unto
Mede-
ba.'
This
may
have
been
the
original
settlement
of
the
elan
of
that
name.
It
should
be
sought,
probably,
near
the
upper
reaches
of
the
Jabbok;
but
the
site
has
not
been
recovered.
W.
Ewinq.
NOBAI.
—
One
of
those
who
sealed
the
covenant
(Neh
10").
Cf.
Nebo,
1.
NOD.
—
According
to
Gn
4",
the
country
in
which
Cain
the
fratricide
took
up
his
abode
after
his
sentence
of
banishment.
The
place
is
unknown.
It
is
probably
con-nected
in
some
way
etymologically
with
the
epithet
nOd
of
v.»
(RV
'
wanderer
').
The
addition
'
eastward
of
Eden
'
is
of
Uttle
help
lor
its
location.
J.
F.
M'
Cukdy.
NODAB.—
The
name
of
a
tribe
mentioned
in
1
Ch
S",
along
with
Naphish
and
Jetur,
sis
among
the
foes
encountered
and
subdued
by
the
Eeubenites.
A
com-parison
with
various
readings
of
LXX
shows
that
the
vowels
of
the
word
are
uncertain.
An
identification
with
the
Nabatsans
is
excluded
both
on
phonological
grounds
and
by
the
tact
that
the
latter,
whose
position
was
in
any
case
too
remote
from
Reuben,
did
not
appear
in
history
till
long
after
the
tribal
period
of
the
Hebrews
had
come
to
an
end.
Somewhat
more
plausible
is
a
combination
with
a
modern
village
Nudsbe
in
the
Hauran.
J.
F.
M'CURDT.
NOEBA
(1
[Es
63<)=Nekoda
Ezr
2",
Nekodan
1
Es
5".
NOGAH.
—
One
of
David's
sons,
bom
at
Jerusalem
(1
Ch
3'
14«).
NOHAH.—
Fourth
'son'
of
Benjamin
(1
Ch
8').
See
also
Mendhah.
NOISOME.
—
'Noisome'
is
literally
'annoy-some.'
The
adj.
means
'offensive,'
'injurious'
in
AV;
the
word
is
now
rather
rarely
used,
but
when
it
is
used
it
means
'loathsome'
rather
than
'hurtful.'
NOOMA
(1
Es
g3!i)=Nebo
in
Ezr
10«.
NOPH.—
See
Memphib.
NOPHAH.—
See
Nobah.
NORTH
COUNTRY,
LAND
OP
THE
NORTH.—
A
phrase
of
somewhat
vague
appUcation,
but
denoting
in
a
general
fashion—
1.
The
source
or
region
from
wliich
dangerous
toes
were
to
come
upon
Palestine
(so
in
Jer
G"
10^,
Zee
6«-
').
2.
The
regions
to
wliich
the
people
of
Israel
or
Judah
had
been
exiled,
and
whence
they
were
to
be
restored
(so
in
Jer
3"
IG"
23«
31»,
Zee
2«).
3.
Northern
Syria
(so
Jer
46"').
The
last-named
instance
explains
itself.
The
other
applications
of
the
term
may
be
further
illustrated
by
the
usage
of
the
word
'
north
'
generally
in
OT.
Here
it
is
sufficient
to
recall
the
general
fact
that,
while
in
the
early
history
of
Israel
the
land
was
invaded
by
many
small
peoples
from
the
east
and
south,
after
the
rise
of
the
Assyrian
and
Chaldaean
powers
the
attacks
were
made
by
larger
armies
which
came
in
the
course
of
their
march
down
through
Syria
or
the
Mediterranean
coast-land,
the
eastern
desert
route
being
impossible.
Deportations
of
captives
were
naturally
effected
by
the
same
routes,
and
by
the
same
routes
they
would
return.
Thus,
though
Babylonia
was
in
the
same
latitude
as
Palestine,
it
was
included
among
the
countries
of
the
'
north.'
J.
F.
M'Cdbdy.
NOSE,
NOSTRILS
('aph
is
the
usual
word;
nechlrlm
only
in
Job
il^";
nachar
in
Job
39",
AV
'nostrils,'
RV,
correctly,
'snorting').
—
To
have
a
flat,
or
more
probably
'slit'
nose
(Lv
21"),
disquaUfied
a
man
for
the
making
