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Testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith
KnoWhy #590
January 12, 2021
Why Could Joseph Smith Testify in Court at Age 13?
Stone Panel from the Central Palace of Tiglath-Pilesar III via the British Museum
1 Nephi 1:1
KnoWhy #476
October 16, 2018
Why Does Nephi Begin by Saying “I, Nephi . . .”?
Prophecy of Christ via LDS Media Library
1 Nephi 1:1
KnoWhy #324
June 9, 2017
Why Is It Good to Seek Both Spiritual and Secular Learning?
Lehi en el desierto by Jorge Cocco
1 Nephi 1:1
KnoWhy #445
June 28, 2018
What Is So Good about Nephi’s Name?
3D Rendering of Gold Plates by Laci Gibbs. Fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
1 Nephi 1:2
KnoWhy #635
June 28, 2022
How Does the Book of Mormon Text Reflect a Seventh-Century-BC Israelite Writing Style?
Hieratic Ostracon from Arad
1 Nephi 1:2
KnoWhy #4
January 5, 2016
Did Ancient Israelites Write in Egyptian?
The Bremner-Rhind Papyrus (305 BC) via The British Museum
1 Nephi 1:3
KnoWhy #443
June 21, 2018
Why Did Book of Mormon Authors Use Colophons?
Left: Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem by Rembrandt. Right: Lehi Prophesying in Jerusalem by Arnold Friberg.
1 Nephi 1:4
KnoWhy #650
October 20, 2022
How Did Jeremiah’s and Lehi’s Ministries Reflect One Another?
Lehi Prophesying in Jerusalem via LDS Media Library
1 Nephi 1:4
KnoWhy #441
June 14, 2018
Who Were the “Many Prophets” in Jerusalem During Lehi’s Time?
The Assumption of the Virgin by Botticini
1 Nephi 1:8
KnoWhy #459
August 16, 2018
Why Are Lehi’s First Visions So Similar to Much Later Apocalyptic Writings?
Painting by Robert T. Barrett. Image via LDS Media Library
1 Nephi 1:11–12
KnoWhy #469
September 20, 2018
Why Are Lehi’s Visions Like Those of Other Prophets in His Day?
Ancient Records by James H. Fullmer
1 Nephi 1:17
KnoWhy #461
August 23, 2018
Where Is the Narrative Transition in 1 Nephi?
“Nefi ora con Liahona” by Jorge Cocco
1 Nephi 1:20
KnoWhy #447
July 5, 2018
How Can We Be Delivered through the Lord’s Tender Mercies?
Hacia el desierto by Jorge Cocco
1 Nephi 2:2
KnoWhy #362
September 7, 2017
Why Does Zion Flourish in the Wilderness?
“Lehi’s Family Leaving Jerusalem” by Scott Snow via LDS Media Library
1 Nephi 2:5
KnoWhy #465
September 6, 2018
How Many Others Traveled with Lehi to the Promised Land?
Two images of Wadi Tayyib al-Ism via lds.org
1 Nephi 2:6
KnoWhy #286
March 13, 2017
Have the Valley of Lemuel and the River Laman Been Found?
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
1 Nephi 2:6–7
KnoWhy #384
November 23, 2017
How Can We Be Thankful During Times of Hardship?
Lehi in the desert
1 Nephi 2:9–10
KnoWhy #5
January 6, 2016
Did Lehi Use the Poetry of the Ancient Bedouin?
Mount Sinai, Egypt via lds.org
1 Nephi 2:12–13
KnoWhy #363
September 12, 2017
How Can the Old Testament Covenants Help Us Understand the Book of Mormon?
“The Flight of the Prisoners,” by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
1 Nephi 2:13
KnoWhy #451
July 19, 2018
Why Did Some in Lehi’s Time Believe that Jerusalem Could Not Be Destroyed?
Paradise by Carlo Saraceni
1 Nephi 2:16
KnoWhy #442
June 19, 2018
Why Did Nephi Want to Know the Mysteries of God?
The Liahona by Arnold Friberg via lds.org
1 Nephi 2:16
KnoWhy #260
January 11, 2017
Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge: Act in Faith
Mary Fielding Smith and Joseph F. Smith Crossing the Plains, by Glen S. Hopkinson via lds.org
1 Nephi 2:20
KnoWhy #357
August 25, 2017
How Was Lehi’s Journey Similar to the Mormon Pioneers’ Trek West?
“The Meeting of Esau and Jacob” by James Tissot
1 Nephi 2:22
KnoWhy #462
August 28, 2018
Why Was It Significant that Nephi Was Made ‘a Ruler and a Teacher’ Over His Brethren?
Satelite image of Israel
1 Nephi 3:4
KnoWhy #6
January 7, 2016
Why Does Nephi Always Go Down to the Wilderness and Up to Jerusalem?
Image by Book of Mormon Central
1 Nephi 3:7
KnoWhy #263
January 18, 2017
Why Did Nephi Believe the Lord Would Prepare a Way?
“New Star” via LDS Media Library
1 Nephi 3:9
KnoWhy #495
December 20, 2018
Why Does the Book of Mormon Talk about a “Land of Jerusalem”?
Brother Joseph by David Lindsley
1 Nephi 3:19
KnoWhy #334
July 3, 2017
How Much Could Joseph Smith Have Known about Chiasmus in 1829?
Balaam and the angel, painting from Gustav Jaeger, 1836 via Wikipedia
1 Nephi 3:29
KnoWhy #426
April 19, 2018
Why Don't We Know the Names of the Angels in the Book of Mormon?
Walls of Jerusalem
1 Nephi 4:4
KnoWhy #7
January 8, 2016
Did Jerusalem Have Walls Around It?
Vered Jericho Sword of Ancient Israel 600bc Steel by Shad Brooks
1 Nephi 4:9
KnoWhy #401
January 23, 2018
What Was the Sword of Laban Like?
Lehi's Sons Offering Riches to Laban by Jerry Thompson
1 Nephi 4:18
KnoWhy #256
January 2, 2017
Was Nephi’s Slaying of Laban Legal?