The story of the Book of Mormon . degrees they spread north andsouth, then east and west, until their cities and vil-lages could be seen in every part of the land. CHAPTER I. ANCIENT JERUSALEM — LEHI — HIS VISION — HIS CALL TOPREACH TO THE JEWS —THEY PERSECUTE HIM —HE ISCOMMANDED OF GOD TO TAKE HIS FAMILY INTO THEWILDERNESS—THEIR DEPARTURE—THE RETURN OF HISSONS TO JERUSALEM TO OBTAIN —THEYARE ILL TREATED BY LABAN —HIS DEATH —ZORAM AC-COMPANIES THE BROTHERS INTO THE WILDERNESS. /^UR Story opens in the royal city of Jerusalem, inthe first year of the reign of King Zedekiah, or ex-a6l
The story of the Book of Mormon . degrees they spread north andsouth, then east and west, until their cities and vil-lages could be seen in every part of the land. CHAPTER I. ANCIENT JERUSALEM — LEHI — HIS VISION — HIS CALL TOPREACH TO THE JEWS —THEY PERSECUTE HIM —HE ISCOMMANDED OF GOD TO TAKE HIS FAMILY INTO THEWILDERNESS—THEIR DEPARTURE—THE RETURN OF HISSONS TO JERUSALEM TO OBTAIN —THEYARE ILL TREATED BY LABAN —HIS DEATH —ZORAM AC-COMPANIES THE BROTHERS INTO THE WILDERNESS. /^UR Story opens in the royal city of Jerusalem, inthe first year of the reign of King Zedekiah, or ex-a6lly six hundred years before the birth of our was then very grand and very beautiful, the capitalof the Kingdom of Judah, and the chief city of allIsrael. In name it was holy, for the Temple of theLord was there. Its busy streets were crowded with amixed multitude. Priests and Levites who officiatedin the ordinances of the law of Moses, worshipersfrom the other tribes of Jacob, warriors of the armies. 22 STORY OF THE BOOK OF MORMON. of Jiidah, courtiers and attendants on the king, mer-chants from Egypt, from T^-re and Sidon and frommany other parts, artificers in various trades, all thesecombined to make it wealthy and renowned, a busymart of trade, a centre of civilization, and a sacredcity. Holy it should have been, but the glory of theLord had departed from his house. Its people had be-come very wicked. They were filled with pride andgreed; they heeded not the law of the Lord ; theiraffe(5lions were set upon the things of this world;they served God with their lips onh, while theirhearts were far from him. He had sent unto themhis prophets, but one after another they had rejedledthese holy men ; man\ they had persecuted, and somethey had slain. In this city, at that time, dwelt a worthy mannamed Lehi. He was of the tribe of Manasseh, buthad made his home in Jerusalem all his days, thoughit was a cit}^ of the Kingdom of Judah. He was aman who had b
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