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NEBO

(Heb. nĕḇô; Akk. nabû)

(DEITY)

One of two principal gods of the Babylonian pantheon. The name is found as early as the early 2nd millennium b.c., but Nebo worship began its ascendancy ca. 925 and was at its peak in Babylon by the 7th century, roughly the time of Isaiah. As son of Marduk, Nebo was considered to be the keeper of the tablets of the gods, and thus a scribe. As such he had access to secrets that others who could not read did not, granting him wisdom, and so he could control religious rites. He wrote down the decisions of the gods and kept accounts of human dealings, especially on his “tablet of life” and “tablet of destiny” (cf. Exod. 32:32-33; Ps. 69:28[MT 29]; Rev. 20:12, 15). Isa. 46:1 depicts Nebo, with Bel, being carried in the New Year procession, unable to help his people (in contrast to the God of Israel).

Michael D. Hildenbrand






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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