1 Nephi 1:4 - Nephi lived at Jerusalem with his Dad who lived there his whole life and was there during the first year of the reign of Zedekiah. Also, there were many prophets foretelling of the destruction of Jerusalem. 2:4 – Nephi's family was rich, 2:16 – Nephi was big and strong
2 Kings 24:11-18 - Nebuchadnezzar destroys Jerusalem, carries away everyone except the poorest (v14) and makes Zedekiah king.
Nephi and his family would have been in captivity, and it seems unlikely anyone would have been prophesying of the destruction of Jerusalem since it literally was just destroyed. I checked on Wikipedia and archeology agrees with the bible, Jerusalem was sacked, and people were carried away right before Zedekiah was made king. This is another thing that comes back to God causing confusion. If Joseph Smith literally translated the plates, which seems unlikely, then why would the history be wrong? If Joseph used the plates as a catalyst for inspiration, then why would God inspire Joseph to write something confusing? There are lots of things in the BOM that make serious historians ignore it. These things are called anachronisms. This is when something modern shows up in something that is supposed to be ancient. Horses, steel, coinage, and many other things the BOM talks about did not exist in America as far as archeologists can tell, and they’ve found a lot so far, horses, coinage and steel are things that are easy to find because they leave behind evidence in multiple ways, horses have stables and fields, steel has blacksmith shops and mining, so why do they show up in the BOM? Why are there historical errors like Nephi not getting carried away right before Zedekiah was made king? It can't be a literal history and if it's a made up inspired text then why did Joseph tell people it was historically true? In various scriptures, biblical and LDS, God says he can’t lie and doesn’t like confusing us. Why are there things like this that cause confusion but supposedly came from God?
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