Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
NE'BO, a city east of the Jordan; rebuilt by the Gadites, Num 32:3, Acts 7:38; Num 33:47; captured by the Moabites. Isa 15:2; Jer 48:1, Josh 11:22. It was 8 miles south of Heshbon; perhaps el Hbais. 2. A town in Benjamin, Neh 7:33; possibly Nubu, 7 miles north-west of Hebron.