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Omni 1:15 · 1 Nephi 1:4

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Book of Mormon Omni 1:15
"the people of Zarahemla came out from Jerusalem at the time that Zedekiah, king of Judah, was carried away captive into Babylon"
Book of Mormon 1 Nephi 1:4
"in the commencement of the first year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah"

Shared words: Zedekiah, king of Judah

The title-formula 'Zedekiah, king of Judah' (with the comma) occurs at exactly three verses in the record (1 Nephi 1:4; 1 Nephi 5:12; Omni 1:15); the Old Testament carries the same king under two comma-less forms - 'Zedekiah king of Judah' at fifteen verses and 'Zedekiah the king of Judah' at three more, all in Jeremiah. The two departures from Jerusalem are dated to the two ends of one reign: Lehi's call in its first year, the Zarahemla departure at its end in captivity. Omni 1:15's 'carried away captive into Babylon' is verbatim from the captivity chain (1 Nephi 1:13; 10:3; cf. 2 Nephi 25:10).

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