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Second Nephi was originally called the Book of Nephi [1] and was divided into 33 chapters. [2] Later, Oliver Cowdery added First and Second to the titles of the books of Nephi. In the first five chapters, which comprise the narrative section of the book, [ 3 ] Nephi continues with the family meeting begun in the end of First Nephi.
Sent to spy among Lamanites, covenanted with King Laman 2 to possess land of Lehi-Nephi. Made king, betrayed by Laman 2, and drove out Lamanite invaders before dying (c. 190 BC). [8] Noah 3, an iniquitous Nephite king, son of Zeniff and father of Limhi. Heavily taxed his people, ordered Abinadi slain, and accused Alma 1 of sedition. Life was ...
Nephi also mentions having sisters, though he does not give their names or birth orders. Little is known about Nephi's children. Religious scholar Grant Hardy suggests that all of Nephi's children may have been daughters at the time of passing on the record, or that his sons were influenced by Laman and Lemuel; his speculations are based on the fact that Nephi says he has children yet passes ...
Second Nephi, the second subdivision of the Book of Mormon; Third Nephi, the eleventh subdivision of the Book of Mormon; Fourth Nephi, the twelfth subdivision of the Book of Mormon; Small Plates of Nephi, part of the source material for the Book of Mormon; Large Plates of Nephi, part of the source material of which the Book of Mormon is ...
Nephi's brother Jacob explains that subsequent kings bore the title "Nephi". The people having loved Nephi exceedingly… were desirous to retain in remembrance his name. And whoso should reign in his stead were called by the people second Nephi, third Nephi, and so forth, according to the reigns of the kings; and thus they were called by the ...
Most defenders of Nephi's actions, for whatever other reasons, ultimately rest with the argument that God commanded Nephi to kill Laban and that God rightfully has power over life and death. "In the end," Welch concludes, "Laban was killed for one and only one reason, namely because the Spirit of the Lord commanded it and constrained Nephi to ...
The Book of Mormon mentions Jacob as the younger brother of Nephi, and the elder of two sons born to Lehi (the younger son being Joseph) after Lehi's departure from Jerusalem. It does not explicitly name Lehi's wife Sariah as the mother of Jacob or Joseph, but no other wife of Lehi is ever mentioned. [2]
First Nephi is a first-person narrative of events that the narrative itself reports were recorded on a set of objects referred to by Mormons as the Plates of Nephi by the prophet Nephi. [2] The beginning part of First Nephi consists of Nephi's abridgement of his father Lehi's record [clarification needed] (1 Nephi 1–9). The next section is ...