un ums ▁and ▁falls ▁under ▁the ▁juris diction ▁of ▁B ust an ▁al - Mar j ▁Regional ▁Council , ▁whose ▁headquarters ▁it ▁hosts . ▁Its ▁total ▁land ▁area ▁consisted ▁of ▁ 3 , 7 3 7 ▁d un ums ▁prior ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 2 . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Isra eli ▁Central ▁Bureau ▁of ▁Statistics , ▁in ▁ ▁it ▁had ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁. ▁ ▁Location ▁Ne in ▁lies ▁a ▁short ▁distance ▁from ▁Mount ▁T abor . ▁A ▁hill ▁known ▁in ▁Arab ic ▁as ▁Tell ▁el - A j ul ▁lay ▁on ▁the ▁path ▁that ▁ran ▁between ▁Ne in ▁and ▁nearby ▁Ind ur , ▁an ▁Arab ▁village ▁destroyed ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁Arab - Is ra eli ▁war . ▁Bib lic al ▁arch ae ologist ▁Edward ▁Robinson ▁describes ▁Ne in ▁as ▁lying ▁on ▁the ▁northern ▁slope ▁of ▁a ▁hill ▁called ▁" the ▁little ▁Herm on ", ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁described ▁in ▁bib lic al ▁guide books ▁as ▁lying ▁at ▁the ▁foot ▁of ▁the ▁Hill ▁of ▁More h . ▁ ▁Bib lic al ▁associations ▁ ▁Edward ▁Robinson ▁and ▁Eli ▁Smith , ▁who ▁visited ▁Palest ine ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 th ▁century , ▁identified ▁Ne in ▁as , ▁" the ▁N ain ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Testament " ▁() ▁where , ▁according ▁to ▁Luke ▁, ▁Jesus ▁raised ▁a ▁young ▁man ▁from ▁death ▁and ▁reun ited ▁him ▁with ▁his ▁mother . ▁According ▁to ▁Luke ' s ▁account , ▁this ▁young ▁man ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁son ▁of ▁an ▁un named ▁wid ow