Nebo in Biblical History

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Who is Nebo?
NE'BO
(proclaimer), one of the Assyrian deities, who is represented, with Nebo. (From a Statue in the British Museum.) Bel, as being unable to resist the destruction to which Cyrus subjected their idols. Isa 46:1. This god was called "he who possesses intelligence," and statues of him are still preserved. One is in the British Museum which was erected by the Assyrian monarch Pul. The word "Nebo" occurs in the compounds Nabopolassar, Nebuchadnezzar, etc., which points to the esteem in which the god was held. Nebo was regarded as the protector against misfortune.

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