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The Book of Mosiah (/ m oʊ ˈ s aɪ. ə,-ˈ z aɪ. ə /) [1], probably written by Joseph Smith in the early 19th century, is one of the books which make up the Book of Mormon. The title refers to Mosiah II , a king of the Nephites at Zarahemla .
In the Book of Mormon, chapters 9 through 22 of the Book of Mosiah are identified as the Record of Zeniff.These chapters contain the story of a group of Nephites, led by Zeniff, who leave the land of Zarahemla and return to their former land, known as the land of Nephi, which was then occupied by the Lamanites, their traditional enemies.
In the Book of Mormon, Mosiah (/ m oʊ ˈ s aɪ. ə,-ˈ z aɪ. ə /), [1] King Benjamin's son and Mosiah I's grandson, is king of the Nephite nation from about 124 BC to 91 BC. The Book of Mosiah is named after Mosiah. Mosiah is also a prophet and is described by Ammon as a "seer" who can translate records. [2]
Zeniff (/ ˈ z iː n ɪ f /) [1] is a king in the Book of Mormon whose personal account is recorded in the Book of Mosiah. He is the father of King Noah and the grandfather of King Limhi. [2] Zeniff is the first king of Nephite colonists who come from Zarahemla and settle in the land of Lehi-Nephi. The Nephites believe this land to be ...
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi. [1] [2] The book is one of the earliest and most well-known unique writings of the Latter Day Saint movement.
The text of the Book of Mormon is written in an archaic style, and some Latter Day Saints have argued that one would expect a more modern 19th-century vocabulary if Smith had authored the book. The Book of Mormon also appears, according to Skousen, to use archaic phrases that are not found in the KJV but were in current usage at or around the ...
The history of Mosiah I is limited to Amaleki's account in the Book of Omni. [2]Following a period of "much war and contention between...the Nephites, and the Lamanites", [3] Mosiah 1 was "warned of the Lord that he should flee out of the land of Nephi, and as many as would hearken unto the voice of the Lord should also depart out of the land with him, into the wilderness". [4]
The Book of Mormon monetary system is part of the setting of the Book of Mormon.It is the system of economic exchange used by the narrative's Nephites. Mormon, the internal narrator of the Book of Mormon, first introduces the system in the internal book of Alma.