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Mosiah 9:2 · Omni 1:28

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Book of Mormon Mosiah 9:2
"until the greater number of our army was destroyed in the wilderness; and we returned, those of us that were spared, to the land of Zarahemla"
Book of Mormon Omni 1:28
"wherefore he caused a contention among them; and they were all slain, save fifty, in the wilderness, and they returned again to the land of Zarahemla"

Amaleki's third-person notice and Zeniff's first-person memoir match point for point: contention ('he caused a contention among them' / 'I contended with my brethren in the wilderness'), slaughter in the wilderness, survivors returning to the land of Zarahemla, second departure (Omni 1:29 / Mosiah 9:3). Omni never names Zeniff and Zeniff never cites Amaleki, so the identification is inference - kept interpretive deliberately, consistent with the existing open-uncertainties stance noted in mos-ammon-strong-mighty-leader ('convergent but unasserted'). Different aspect of Omni 1:28 from that record (7:3 'strong and mighty man', ammon-of-zarahemla.md).

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