NEBAT, or Nabath, of the Tribe of Ephraim, of the Race of Joshua, and Father of Jeroboam, the first King of the Ten Tribes, and the Author of their Revolt against the House of David. 1 Kings xi. 26. The Author of the Hebrew Questions upon the Books of Kings, says, that Nebat was the same as Shimei, who cursed David, 2 Sam. xvi. 5, &c. that Shimei was of the Family of Saul, and consequently of the Tribe of Benjamin, and therefore could not be of the Tribe of Ephraim.
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