Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezra 2:29
The children of Nebo, fifty and two.
29. Nebo ] not to be confused with the Moabite town (Num 32:3; Num 32:38), to distinguish it from which it is perhaps called in Neh 7:33 ‘the other Nebo’. Its situation has not been accurately determined. Some identify it with Nob, the well-known priestly town (see 1Sa 21:1; 1Sa 22:9 &c.), and in favour of this view it may be noticed that while Nob is mentioned along with Geba, Michmash, Ai, Bethel and Anathoth in Neh 11:31-32, and after Ai, Michmash, Geba, Ramah and Anathoth in Isa 10:28-32, Nebo is not mentioned in either passage. The position of Nob is still uncertain.
Nebo and Nob have been recognised in Beit Nuba, a village on a hill about 16 miles N. W. N. of Jerusalem, but certainly erroneously. The site must be looked for on, or near Mt. Scopus, on the N. of Jerusalem; by some identified with the modern village Iswiyeh.
Nebo is the name of a well-known Assyrian deity. The name of the place perhaps indicates that in a prehistoric time the worship of this god was maintained here (see note on ‘Anathoth’ Ezr 2:23).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
[See comments on Ezr 2:3].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Nebo: This Nebo was probably the Nabau which Eusebius and Jerome place eight miles south from Hebron. Num 32:3, Deu 32:49, Neh 7:33, Isa 15:2, Jer 48:1, Jer 48:22
Reciprocal: Ezr 10:43 – Nebo