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Pondering God's Promise by Courtney Vander Veur Matz.Image via Church of Jesus Christ.
1 Nephi 15:18
KnoWhy #630
February 22, 2022
Why Did Abraham and Sarah Receive New Names and Tokens?
Assyrian relief of archers in battle
1 Nephi 15:24
KnoWhy #18
January 25, 2016
What are the “Fiery Darts of the Adversary” Spoken of by Nephi?
“Arco Roto” by Jorge Cocco
1 Nephi 16:18
KnoWhy #548
January 31, 2020
Why Did Nephi’s “Fine Steel” Bow Break?
Arco roto by Jorge Cocco
1 Nephi 16:23
KnoWhy #421
April 3, 2018
Why Did Nephi Include the Story of the Broken Bow?
Nahom Altar
1 Nephi 16:34
KnoWhy #19
January 26, 2016
Who Called Ishmael's Burial Place Nahom?
Aerial image of Kharfot, a likely location of Bountiful. Image from Lehi and Sariah in Arabia by Warren Aston
1 Nephi 17:5
KnoWhy #259
January 9, 2017
Has the Location of Nephi’s Bountiful Been Discovered?
1 Nephi 17:5
KnoWhy #20
January 27, 2016
Why Would Nephi Call the Ocean "Irreantum"?
An ancient Israelite stamp seal impression with a flying serpent. Photo of a Palestinian saw-scaled viper by Matthieu Berroneau.
1 Nephi 17:41
KnoWhy #646
September 13, 2022
Were There “Fiery Flying Serpents” along Lehi’s Trail?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
1 Nephi 17:41
KnoWhy #316
May 22, 2017
Why Did Nephi Say Serpents Could Fly?
The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans Under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70. Painting by David Roberts, 1850 via Wikimedia Commons.
1 Nephi 17:43
KnoWhy #637
July 12, 2022
Why Did the Lord Allow Jerusalem to Be Destroyed?
Various Sailing Vessels in Antiquity
1 Nephi 18:8
KnoWhy #21
January 28, 2016
Did Ancient People Sail the Seas?
Joseph Is Sold by His Brothers by Ted Henninger
1 Nephi 18:18
KnoWhy #416
March 15, 2018
How Was Nephi Similar to Joseph of Egypt?
Leaves of the Gold Plates
1 Nephi 19:1
KnoWhy #22
January 29, 2016
What Kind of Ore did Nephi Use to Make the Plates?
Lehi, Nephi, and Jacob Utilizing the Plates. Images via lds.org
1 Nephi 19:4
KnoWhy #444
June 26, 2018
How is the Phrase "Make a Record" an Evidence for the Book of Mormon?
Image by Matthieu Comoy
1 Nephi 19:7
KnoWhy #337
July 10, 2017
What Counts as Chiasmus?
Image via unsplash.com
1 Nephi 19:11
KnoWhy #313
May 15, 2017
Why Did Zenos Quote from Psalm 46 in His Prophecy of Christ’s Death?
Image via Pensacola Christian College
1 Nephi 19:22
KnoWhy #473
October 4, 2018
Why Did Book of Mormon Prophets Quote Long Passages of Scripture?
The Book of Isaiah
1 Nephi 19:23
KnoWhy #23
February 1, 2016
How Might Isaiah 48-49 be "Likened" to Lehi's Family?
Isaiah's Servant as Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith
1 Nephi 21:3
KnoWhy #24
February 2, 2016
Who is the Servant of Isaiah 49/1 Nephi 21?
The Council of Nicea, fresco in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican.
1 Nephi 21:22
KnoWhy #44
March 1, 2016
What is the Day of the Gentiles?
Isaiah
1 Nephi 22:1
KnoWhy #25
February 3, 2016
Whom Did Nephi Quote in 1 Nephi 22?
“Map of the World”, Modified from Adobe Stock
2 Nephi 1:5
KnoWhy #497
January 8, 2019
Where is the Land of Promise?
MozZz via Adobe Stock
2 Nephi 1:8
KnoWhy #431
May 8, 2018
Where Did the Book of Mormon Happen?
Shakespeare and Lehi. Image by Book of Mormon Central
2 Nephi 1:14
KnoWhy #26
February 4, 2016
Did Lehi Quote Shakespeare?
Knight by Masson
2 Nephi 1:23
KnoWhy #378
November 2, 2017
What Does the Book of Mormon Say about the Armor of God?
“Ruth in Boaz’s Field,” by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
2 Nephi 2:3
KnoWhy #436
May 24, 2018
How the Book of Mormon and the Old Testament Help Us Understand What it Means to be Redeemed
Gold Frankincense and Myrrh by Marilyn Barbone via Adobe Stock
2 Nephi 2:7
KnoWhy #392
December 21, 2017
Why Did the Wise Men Give Jesus Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh?
Was the Requirement of a Broken Heart Known Before the Time of Christ
2 Nephi 2:7
KnoWhy #27
February 5, 2016
Was the Requirement of a "Broken Heart" Known Before the Time of Christ?
Painting by Robert T. Barrett
2 Nephi 2:8
KnoWhy #294
March 31, 2017
How Did President Gordon B. Hinckley Emphasize the Importance of the Book of Mormon?
“Christ Bearing the Cross” by a North Netherlandish Painter via The Met
2 Nephi 2:10
KnoWhy #479
October 25, 2018
How is the Day of Atonement Understood in the Book of Mormon?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
2 Nephi 2:22–25
KnoWhy #269
February 1, 2017
Why Did Lehi Teach that the Fall was Necessary?
Photo by NASA on Unsplash
2 Nephi 2:22
KnoWhy #400
January 18, 2018
Why Do We Have Three Different Accounts of the Creation?