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Portrait of Jesus Christ via lds.org
Helaman 5:12
KnoWhy #176
August 30, 2016
Why Did Helaman Compare Christ to a Rock?
Image of Naples-Russel Mound 8 via Wikipedia
Helaman 6:6
KnoWhy #336
July 7, 2017
Who Was Zelph?
Image via Book of Mormon Central
Helaman 6:10
KnoWhy #177
August 31, 2016
Why Was Chiasmus Used in Nephite Record Keeping?
The Gadianton Robbers by Jody Livingston
Helaman 6:18
KnoWhy #432
May 10, 2018
What is the Difference Between "Robbers" and "Thieves" in the Book of Mormon?
Aztec market of Tlatelolco by Diego Rivera
Helaman 7:10
KnoWhy #178
September 1, 2016
Why Did Nephi Prophesy Near “the Highway Which Led to the Chief Market?”
Nephi praying upon his tower. Drawing by Jody Livingston.
Helaman 7:15
KnoWhy #575
August 25, 2020
Why Does Helaman 7–8 Feel Like a Funeral Speech?
2 Nephi 31 by Jorge Cocco
Helaman 8:22
KnoWhy #179
September 2, 2016
Why Did Nephi Rely on Earlier Testimonies of Christ?
Seantum by Briana Shawcroft
Helaman 9:35–36
KnoWhy #180
September 5, 2016
Why Could Seantum be Convicted Without Any Witnesses?
“The Apocalypse of Saint John the Evangelist” by Jan Massijs
Helaman 10:7
KnoWhy #531
September 12, 2019
Why Do New Testament Words and Phrases Show Up in the Book of Mormon? Part 4: Revelations to Nephite Prophets as the Source (Part B)
Dante Alighieri and Beatrice Portinari gazing into the Empyrean Light by Gustave Doré
Helaman 10:8
KnoWhy #181
September 6, 2016
Why is There Temple Imagery in Helaman 10?
“Death by Hunger” by Vasyl Krychevsky
Helaman 11:4
KnoWhy #182
September 7, 2016
How Did Nephi Use the Power to Seal on Earth and in Heaven?
Zeniff Battle by James Fullmer, Book of Mormon Central Adaptation
Helaman 11:25
KnoWhy #423
April 10, 2018
Is the Book of Mormon's Depiction of Guerrilla Warfare Realistic?
Sunset in Orbit by Romolo Tavani
Helaman 12:7
KnoWhy #183
September 8, 2016
Why Did Mormon Say the Children of Men are Less than the Dust of the Earth?
Still Image from "A Day for the Eternities" via LDS Media Library
Helaman 12:23
KnoWhy #504
March 1, 2019
What Can We All Learn about Repentance from the Tragic Loss of the 116 Book of Mormon Pages?
“And They Did Cast Him Out.” Painting by Normandy Poulter and the BYU Virtual Scriptures Group.
Helaman 13:3
KnoWhy #576
September 1, 2020
How Are Samuel the Lamanite and the Biblical Prophet Samuel Similar?
Four Prophets by Robert T. Barrett via lds.org
Helaman 13:4
KnoWhy #284
March 8, 2017
What Does the Book of Mormon Teach about Prophets?
Samuel at the Wall 2 by Jorge Cocco
Helaman 13:5–6
KnoWhy #327
June 16, 2017
How Can People Today Avoid Being Destroyed Like the Nephites Were?
Composite image of Samuel en la Muralla and Samuel en la Muralla 2, by Jorge Cocco, withe Mayan Calendar added by Book of Mormon Central
Helaman 13:5
KnoWhy #184
September 9, 2016
Why Did Samuel Make Such Chronologically Precise Prophecies?
“Samuel the Lamanite” via thisweekinmormons.com
Helaman 13:31
KnoWhy #539
November 7, 2019
Why Did Samuel Say the Wealth of Some Nephites Would Become “Slippery”?
Composite He aqui soy Jesucristo and Samuel en la muralla by Jorge Cocco
Helaman 14:1
KnoWhy #185
September 12, 2016
Why did Samuel Rely So Heavily on the Words of Past Prophets?
Image of Calvary from BYU's Virtual Scripture's App and Christ's Image by Heinrich Hofmann
Helaman 14:20
KnoWhy #300
April 14, 2017
How Does the Book of Mormon Help Date Christ’s Death?
Jesus Sanando by Jorge Cocco
Helaman 15:4
KnoWhy #186
September 13, 2016
Why Did Samuel Say the Lord “Hated” the Lamanites?
The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds by Govert Flinck
Helaman 16:14
KnoWhy #187
September 14, 2016
Why Does Mormon State that ‘Angels Did Appear unto Wise Men’?
Jesus Christ as a high priest. Artist Unknown.
3 Nephi 1:1
KnoWhy #577
September 8, 2020
Why Should 3 Nephi Be Read as the Book of the High Priest Nephi?
The Road to Bethlehem by Joseph Brickey
3 Nephi 1:13
KnoWhy #255
December 21, 2016
How Does the Book of Mormon Help Date the First Christmas?
Photo by Dan Collier via Adobe Stock
3 Nephi 1:15
KnoWhy #188
September 15, 2016
How was There a Night Without Darkness?
Rattlesnake by James Fullmer
3 Nephi 2:3
KnoWhy #189
September 16, 2016
Why Were Many Nephites So Quick to Disbelieve the Signs of Christ’s Coming?
Ultimas Paginas by Jorge Cocco
3 Nephi 3:2
KnoWhy #190
September 19, 2016
Why was Giddianhi So Polite?
The Gadianton robbers and their lamb-skin. Image by Book of Mormon Central.
3 Nephi 4:7
KnoWhy #191
September 20, 2016
Why Did the Gadianton Robbers Wear a Lamb Skin?
Adaptation of Zemnarihah Hung by James Fullmer
3 Nephi 4:28
KnoWhy #192
September 21, 2016
Why Did the People Cut Down the Tree after Hanging Zemnarihah?
“Homer Dictating to Scribes” by Aert de Gelder
3 Nephi 4:28
KnoWhy #478
October 23, 2018
Why Are Later Jewish Sources Relevant to Texts in the Book of Mormon?
The First Presidency via lds.org
3 Nephi 5:1
KnoWhy #364
September 14, 2017
Why Do We Need Prophets?