Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
NEBA'IOTH, Isa 60:7, or NEBA'JOTH (heights). Gen 25:13, the first-born, 1 Chr 1:29, son of Ishmael, whose descendants are supposed to have settled in Arabia, and to have been the Nabatheans of Greek and Roman history. They were a pastoral people, Isa 60:7. whence the beautiful figure of the prophet above cited respecting the gathering of the Gentile nations to the sceptre of the Messiah. Petra was their chief city.