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The Four Species used in the festivities of Sukkot
2 Nephi 6:4
KnoWhy #32
February 12, 2016
Did Jacob Refer to Ancient Israelite Autumn Festivals?
The Destruction of the Leviathan by Gustave Dore
2 Nephi 6:17
KnoWhy #277
February 20, 2017
Why Does Jacob Describe God as a Divine Warrior?
“The Empty Tomb” by Clark Kelley Price via lds.org
2 Nephi 9:6
KnoWhy #511
April 20, 2019
What Does the Book of Mormon Teach Us about the Resurrection?
Christus by Bertel Thorvaldsen
2 Nephi 9:6
KnoWhy #33
February 15, 2016
When Does the Book of Mormon First Talk About the Plan of Salvation?
Jonah and the Whale by Pieter Lastman
2 Nephi 9:10
KnoWhy #34
February 16, 2016
Why Does Jacob Choose a “Monster” as a Symbol for Death and Hell?
The "Lake of Fire" from Spell 126 of the Book of the Dead via Universität Heidelberg
2 Nephi 9:16
KnoWhy #446
July 3, 2018
Why Does the Book of Mormon Warn that a Lake of Fire and Brimstone Awaits Sinners in the Afterlife?
The Passion of Yeshua
2 Nephi 9:27
KnoWhy #35
February 17, 2016
Why Does Jacob Declare so Many “Woes”?
Image via The Odyssey Online
2 Nephi 9:29
KnoWhy #487
November 22, 2018
What Role Should Scholarship Play in Studying the Book of Mormon?
Still Image from “Jacob Teaches of the Atonement of Jesus Christ” via Gospel Media Library
2 Nephi 9:35
KnoWhy #549
February 13, 2020
Why Did Jacob Condemn “Deliberately” Killing?
The Names of Jesus Christ, by Book of Mormon Central
2 Nephi 10:3
KnoWhy #36
February 18, 2016
Why Does an Angel Reveal the Name of Christ to Jacob?
“At the Waters of Babylon” by Gebhard Fugel. Public Domain Image.
2 Nephi 10:20
KnoWhy #719
February 20, 2024
How Did Jacob’s and Ezekiel’s Peoples Each Respond to Exile?
Image via Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture
2 Nephi 11:2
KnoWhy #38
February 22, 2016
What Vision Guides Nephi's Choice of Isaiah Chapters?
Christ revealing himself to the people of the New World. Image via sistereskanderl.com
2 Nephi 11:2–3
KnoWhy #37
February 19, 2016
Who Are the Witnesses of Christ in 2 Nephi?
Replica of the gold plates by David Baird.
2 Nephi 11:3
KnoWhy #592
January 21, 2021
Why Did Martin Want a View of the Plates in March 1829?
Book of Mormon Stories via lds.org
2 Nephi 11:3
KnoWhy #271
February 6, 2017
Why Did Nephi Use Chiasmus to Testify of Christ?
Image via lds.org
2 Nephi 11:4
KnoWhy #358
August 28, 2017
Does Chiasmus Prove Anything about the Book of Mormon?
Image by Anthony Sweat
2 Nephi 11:8
KnoWhy #39
February 23, 2016
Can Textual Studies Help Readers Understand the Isaiah Chapters in 2 Nephi?
Photo of Temple Square by Michael R. Ash (2015)
2 Nephi 12:2
KnoWhy #41
February 25, 2016
Has the Prophecy of the Lord's House Established in the Mountains been Fulfilled?
Light Bearers by Annie Henrie Nader. Image via AltusFineArt.com
2 Nephi 13:16–17
KnoWhy #550
February 18, 2020
Why Does Isaiah Prophesy of the Daughter of Zion?
The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by David Roberts, 1850
2 Nephi 15:13, 15:25
KnoWhy #42
February 26, 2016
Why Do Early Nephite Prophets Speak about the Scattering of the Jews?
Laman and Lemuel struggled with pride, which kept them from fully accessing the Spirit. Image courtesy of Joseph Brickey.
2 Nephi 15:21
KnoWhy #48
March 7, 2016
How Does Nephi Use Isaiah to Teach Us to Avoid Pride?
The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by David Roberts, 1850
2 Nephi 15:13, 15:25
KnoWhy #42
February 26, 2016
Why Do Early Nephite Prophets Speak about the Scattering of the Jews?
God on his throne surrounded by seraphim. Image by the Full of Eyes project at fullofeyes.com
2 Nephi 16:1–2
KnoWhy #645
September 6, 2022
Why Did Isaiah Refer to the Heavenly Hosts as “Seraphim”?
The Virgin Mary and the Christ Child. Image via Adobe Stock
2 Nephi 17:14
KnoWhy #40
February 24, 2016
How Did Nephi Read Isaiah as a Witness of Christ’s Coming?
Detail of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling by Michelangelo
2 Nephi 19:12
KnoWhy #49
March 8, 2016
Why is the Lord's Hand "Stretched Out Still"?
Depiction of the stem of Jesse as the tree of life in the Monreale Cathedral in Sicily
2 Nephi 21:10
KnoWhy #50
March 9, 2016
Why Did Moroni Quote Isaiah 11 to Joseph Smith?
Singing Hymns in Sacrament Meeting via LDS Media Library
2 Nephi 21:11
KnoWhy #290
March 22, 2017
Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Ideas about the Physical and Spiritual Gathering of Israel?
Publishing of the Book of Mormon at Grandin Press via history.lds.org
2 Nephi 21:12
KnoWhy #485
November 15, 2018
How Thomas B. Marsh was Led to the Book of Mormon Without Knowing It
The Last Judgment by Michelangelo
2 Nephi 23:6
KnoWhy #46
March 3, 2016
What Do Nephi and Isaiah Say about the End Times?
Hill North of Shilom by James Fullmer
2 Nephi 24:1
KnoWhy #45
March 2, 2016
Did Interactions with "Others" Influence Nephi's Selection of Isaiah?
Lucifer from Milton's Paradise Lost by Gustave Dore (1866)
2 Nephi 24:12
KnoWhy #43
February 29, 2016
Why Did Lehi "Suppose" the Existence of Satan?
Maarten van Heemskerck’s “The Prophet Isaiah Predicts the Return of Jews After Exile.” Image Via WikiCommons.
2 Nephi 25:4
KnoWhy #47
March 4, 2016
How Does Nephi Help Us Understand Isaiah?