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The Book of Mosiah (/ m oʊ ˈ s aɪ. ə,-ˈ z aɪ. ə /), [1] translated 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 .
Alma the Younger lived in Zarahemla during the end of the reign of the Nephite King Mosiah. Adherents of the Latter Day Saint movement believe that he was born around 126 BC. As a young man, he, the four sons of Mosiah, and others wanted to destroy the church and actively persecuted its members.
In 1996, Latter-day Designs launched a line of Book of Mormon action figures, sold for $4.99 each, which included figures portraying the stripling warriors and their commander, Helaman. [20] According to Deseret Book retail figures reported in 1998, the Helaman figure was among the fastest selling in the line.
He rejects the Church and attempts to turn the people from the teachings of the prophets. Because of the fervent prayers of their parents, Alma the Younger and the four sons of Mosiah have a conversion experience much like that of Paul the Apostle; an angel appears to them on the road and rebukes them for their wickedness. The shock puts Alma ...
Literary scholar Jared Hickman calls it "the Nephite home base for the rest of the narrative" after the Nephites migrate there. [14] The Nephites who remain in the land of Nephi, rather than follow Mosiah to the land of Zarahemla, never reappear in the Book of Mormon, and the land of Nephi becomes Lamanite territory. [15]
King Noah first appears in the eleventh chapter of the Book of Mosiah, where he succeeds his father as king over the Nephite colony at around 160 BC. [4] Noah is killed in the nineteenth chapter, at around 145 BC. [5] The story of King Noah directly follows the first-person account of Zeniff, but the narration point of view shifts to the third ...
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Mosiah may refer to: King Mosiah I, in Mormon literature, king of a tribe of Nephites before 130 BC; King Mosiah II, in Mormon literature, king of the Nephite nation from about 124 BC to 91 BC; Book of Mosiah, a book of Book of Mormon, named after King Mosiah II; Mosiah priority, a theory about the creation of the Book of Mormon