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Smith's Bible Dictionary
•The sons of Nekoda were among those who went up after the captivity from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa,
and other places, but were unable to prove their descent from Israel. (Ezra 2:60; Nehemiah 7:62)
Nemuel
(day of God).
•A Reubenite, son of Eliab and eldest brother of Dathan and Abiram. (Numbers 26:9)
•The eldest son of Simeon, (Numbers 26:12; 1 Chronicles 4:24) from whom were descended the
family of the Nemuelites. In (Genesis 46:10) he is called JERIUEL.
Nepheg
(sprout).
•One of the sons of Izhar the son of Kohath. (Esther 6:21)
•One of David’s sons born to him in Jerusalem. (2 Samuel 5:15; 1 Chronicles 3:7; 14:6)
Nephish
(refreshed), an inaccurate variation (found in (1 Chronicles 1:19) only) of the name Nephish.
Nephishesim
(expansions). The children of Nephishesim were among the Nethinim who returned with
Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 7:62)
Nephthalim
A form of the name Naphtali. (Job 7:3; Matthew 4:13,15; Revelation 7:6)
Nephtoah, Or Nephtoah
(opening), The water of. The spring or source of the water or (inaccurately) waters of Nephtoah
was one of the landmarks in the boundary line which separated Judah from Benjamin. (Joshua 15:9;
18:15) It lay northwest of Jerusalem in which direction, it seems to have been satisfactorily identified
in Ain Lifta, a spring situated a little distance above the village of the same name.
Nephusim
(expansions), the same as Nephishesim, of which name according to Gesenius it is the proper
form. (Ezra 2:50)
Ner
(a light or lamp), son of Jehiel, according to (1 Chronicles 8:33) father of Abner, and grandfather
of King Saul. (B.C. 1140.) Abner was, therefore, uncle to Saul, as is expressly stated in (1 Samuel
14:50)
Nereus
(lamp), a Christian at Rome, saluted by St. Paul. (Romans 16:15) According to tradition he was
beheaded at Terracina, probably in the reign of Nerva.
Nergal
(hero), one of the chief Assyrian and Babylonian deities, seems to have corresponded closely
to the classical Mars. (2 Kings 17:30) It is conjectured that he may represent the deified Nimrod.
Nergalsharezer
(prince of fire) occurs only in (Jeremiah 39:3) and Jere 39:13 There appear to have been two
persons in the name among the “princes of the king of Babylon” who accompanied Nebuchadnezzar
on his last expedition against Jerusalem. One of these is not marked by any additional title; but the
other has the honorable distinction of Rab-mag, probably meaning chief of the Magi [see
RAB-MAG], and it is to him alone that any particular interest attaches. In sacred Scripture he
appears among the persons who, by command of Nebuchadnezzar, released Jeremiah from prison.
Profane history gives us reason to believe that he was a personage of great importance, who not
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