“Because of Their Secret Murders and Combinations”

Brant Gardner

The king Jacob was the leader of the secret combination that was the downfall of the Nephites. We have the brief notation of his story in 3 Nephi 7:12. As the causes of the downfall of the Nephites, it is altogether fitting that they should be destroyed, and their destruction reported to the surviving Nephites.

Multidimensional Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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