- Relates the ministry of Nephi from when his family left Jerusalem--> Arrival in promised land
- First part is a synopsis of Lehi's record, then he writes in his own words beginning in ch. 10
20 years before BOM:
- Kingdom of Judah experiencing last period of greatness
- Assyrian empire rapidly disintegrating
- Righteous King Josiah expanded political borders of Judah, reforming religion and establishing peace
- Josiah was killed while fighting against Pharaoh's armies, marking the beginning of the end for Judah
- Josiah's son Jehoahaz is next king 609 bc, but Pharaoh took him away and put his brother Eliakim on the throne, changing his name to Jehoiakim
- Reigned for 11 years. Nebuchadnezzar carried him off to Babylon. His son Jehoiachin reigned as a vassal (puppet) king of Babylon, but then was summoned to Babylon. Mattaniah, his uncle, began to reign, and his name was changed to Zedekiah.
- Book of Mormon history begins in the first year of the reign of Zedekiah, King of Judah. In Bible chronology, this is about 598-597 BC, in Book of Mormon Chronology it is 600 BC.
The BoM begins
- Lehi and family lived at Jerusalem (near, in or close by).
- "Born of goodly parents"- morally and spiritually. Nephi gives credit to his father in particular, like many other writers do. It is a characteristic of goodly parents to spend a lot of time and energy in teaching their children the things of God.
- They were taught in the learning of the Jews and language of the Egyptians- they learned to write in Egyptian characters.
- Nephi saw many afflictions, but was highly favored- blessed! Happens to all of the great ones.
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