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1 Nephi 4:9 · 1 Samuel 17:51

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Book of Mormon 1 Nephi 4:9
"And I beheld his sword, and I drew it forth from the sheath thereof"
Old Testament 1 Samuel 17:51
"took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof"

Shared words: the sheath thereof

Nephi's "I drew it forth from the sheath thereof" runs nearly word-for-word with David's "drew it out of the sheath thereof" (1 Samuel 17:51) — both of a famed enemy's own sword, drawn from its sheath by the man who will use it against its owner. Companion record: the beheading itself (1 Nephi 4:18, 1ne-sword-beheading).

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