1 Nephi 1: 4

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THE FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI
HIS REIGN AND MINISTRY

CHAPTER 1

4 For it came to pass in the commencement of the ^afirst year of the reign of ^bZedekiah, king of Judah, (my father, Lehi, having dwelt at ^cJerusalem in all his days); and in that same year there came many ^dprophets, prophesying unto the people that they must ^erepent, or the great city ^fJerusalem must be destroyed.

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4a	1 Ne. 2: 4. 4 And it came to pass that ^ahe departed into the wilderness. And he left his house, and the land of his inheritance, and his gold, and his silver, and his precious things, and took nothing with him, save it were his family, and provisions, and tents, and departed into the wilderness. Mosiah 6: 4. 4 And Mosiah began to reign in his father’s stead. And he began to reign in the thirtieth year of his age, making in the whole, about four hundred and seventy-six years from the ^atime that Lehi left Jerusalem.
b	2 Kgs. 24: 18. 18 ^aZedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 2 Chr. 36: 10. 10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to ^aBabylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made ^bZedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. Jer. 37: 1. 1 And ^aking ^bZedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of ^cConiah the son of ^dJehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. Jer. 44: 30. 30 Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will give ^aPharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave ^bZedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life. Jer. 49: 34. 34 ¶ The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against ^aElam in the beginning of the reign of ^bZedekiah king of Judah, saying, Jer. 52: 3 (3-5). 3 For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that ^aZedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. Omni 1: 15. 15 Behold, it came to pass that Mosiah discovered that the people of ^aZarahemla came out from Jerusalem at the time that ^bZedekiah, king of Judah, was carried away captive into Babylon.
c	1 Chr. 9: 3. 3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and ^aManasseh; 2 Chr. 15: 9. 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the ^astrangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. Alma 7: 10. 10 And behold, he shall be ^aborn of Mary, at ^bJerusalem which is the ^cland of our forefathers, she being a ^dvirgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and ^econceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.
d	2 Kgs. 17: 13 (13-15). 13 Yet the Lord ^atestified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the ^bprophets, and by all the ^cseers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. 2 Chr. 36: 15 (15-16). 15 And the Lord God of their fathers ^asent to them by his ^bmessengers, rising up ^cbetimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: Jer. 7: 25. 25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even ^asent unto you all my servants the ^bprophets, daily rising up early and sending them: Jer. 26: 20. 20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who ^aprophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah: TG Prophets, Mission of.
e	TG Repentance.
f	Jer. 26: 18 (17-19). 18 ^aMicah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be ^bplowed like a field, and ^cJerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. 2 Ne. 1: 4. 4 For, behold, said he, I have ^aseen a ^bvision, in which I know that ^cJerusalem is ^ddestroyed; and had we remained in Jerusalem we should also have ^eperished. Hel. 8: 20. 20 And behold, also ^aZenock, and also ^bEzias, and also ^cIsaiah, and ^dJeremiah, (Jeremiah being that same prophet who testified of the destruction of ^eJerusalem) and now we know that Jerusalem was destroyed according to the words of Jeremiah. O then why not the Son of God come, according to his prophecy? TG Israel, Bondage of, in Other Lands. TG Jerusalem.