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ZA-RA-HEM-LA: A chief, ruler, or king, who was presiding over the second colony of Israelites in the land of Z. when they were discovered by Mosiah I about 200 B. C. When Mosiah and people left the land of Nephi and came to the far north of the continent they found a community of Israelites who were greatly deteriorated in language and religion. They had left Jerusalem eleven years after Lehi (589 B. C.) and landing probably on the western coast of C. A., northward from Lehi's landing. The people of Z. and the people of Mo-siah united and Mosiah became their king. Om. 18-35. (See Mulek.)
ZA-RA-HEM-LA, City of: Chief city and capital of the Nephite nation in the land of Zarahemla. We do not know how long it had existed prior to the time that Mosiah and people migrated into the land of Zarahemla 200 B. C. It was the seat of government during the monarchy 200-91 B. C. and also during the republican administration which followed, 91 B. C. to A. D. 29. In A. D. 29 the division into tribes (3 Ne. iii:31-42 and reign of anarchy began, when, of course, its metropolitan distinction passed away. It was taken by the Lamanites in 50 B. C., but promptly recovered. Hel. i:15-34. It was taken by them again in 34 B. C. and retained until 29 B. C. Hel. ii:36-l 17. In 5 B. C. Samuel the Lamanite prophesied upon its walls of its destruction upon non-repentance. It was burned with its inhabitants in the crucifixion catastrophe, A. D. 34; was again rebuilt-by A. D. 59. 3 Ne. iv:6-35; 4 Ne. 5-10. It Is probably the most frequently referred to and the most important city in B. of M. history.
ZA-RA-HEM-LA, Land of: Originally the portion of country immediately surrounding the city of Z.; or the locality in which the people of Z. were when discovered by Mosiah I about 200 B. C., Om. 18-25. When King Benjamin (successor of Mosiah I) made his "proclamation," notice was first served by Mosiah II "unto all the people who were in the land of Zarahemla," and then they "gathered themselves together throughout all the land," to the temple, Mos. i: 14-35. During later years the Nephites extended their settlements, so that in 91-77 B.C. it is said that "the land of Nephi and the land of Zarahemla were nearly surrounded by water." Alma xiii:67-77. And as its provinces it had the lands of: Zarahemla, Gideon and Melek in the center. Minion and Manti in the south; Bountiful, Morianton, Sidom, Noah and Lehi in the north; Aaron, Nephihah, Moroni, Antionum and Siron in the east coast or southeast. Its rivers were: the Sidon and others. But the local application of Z. did not remain unrecognized after the extension of its settlements and when during the same time also used in a broader domain; as e. g. in Al. i:79-82 we read of the land of Minion being "above the land of Z," and of Alma and Amulek coming over to the land of Z," from Sidom, chap. x:107-111; in chap. xxvi of going to Z. from the Nephite possessions in the southwest. The student must therefore be observant of both the local and general significations of the name. The same is true of the land of Nephi; sometimes it denotes only the locality of Lehi-Nephi; otherwise it covers all the provinces of the Lamanites. Nephites were temporarily driven out of Z. into the north. Hel. ii:36-41. In A. D. 349 by treaty between the Lamanites and Nephites the former occupied the southland, and the latter the northland, "even to the narrow passage." Morm. i:47-62. The Lamanites retained their assignment thereafter.
ZEB'U-LUN: The Bible Z.; occurs in 2 Ne. ix:61-67 in a quotation from Isa. ix.
ZEC'HA-RI'AH: The Bible Z.; occurs in 2 Ne. ix:39-42 in a quotation from Isa. viii.
ZED-E-KI'AH: The Bible Z., king of Judah. It was in the first year of his reign that the Nephites left Jerusalem; and in the eleventh year of his reign or at the time of his captivity that the Zarahemlas left Jerusalem. And it was his son Mulek that accompanied the people of Zarahemla, 1 Ne. i:3; Om. 26-31; Hel. iii:49-63. His name occurs eight limes in the B. of M.
ZED-E-KI'AH: One of the Twelve Disciples chosen by Jesus in the land Bountiful, A. D. 34. He is men-tioned in 3 Ne. ix:4-19.
ZEEZ'ROM: A clever lawyer in the Nephite city of Ammonihah. He became converted through the preaching there of Alma and Amulek, 81 B. C., after a strenuous opposition on his part. He fled with other converts from his persecutors, to Sidom, where he was seized with a burning fever and was restored through the administration of Alma. He was baptized by the latter and became a preacher of the gospel. In 74 B. C. he accompanied Alma on the Zoramite mission, which is the latest incident of his life known in history. Al. viii:41-ix:32; x:32-103; xvi:78-84. See Cezoram and Seezoram.
ZEEZ'ROM, City of: A Nephite city in the region of the cities Manti, Cumeni, and Antiparah, in the southwest of the Nephite possessions in Zarahemla, toward the Pacific Coast. It is only mentioned in Al. xxvi:15-18 as having been captured by the Lamanites and still in their possession, 65 B. C.
ZEM-NA-RI'HAH: Successor to Giddianhi in the leadership and command of the Gadianton band or army. Giddianhi was slain by the Nephites under Giddoni in A. D. 18. In A. D. 21 this band under Z. renewed hostilities laying siege against the Nephites. The siege proved ineffectual and in its withdrawal and the attempt afterward of Z. and his band to gain the land northward, they were entirely overthrown, being all either slain or captured. Zemnarihah himself was hanged. Scene: Zarahemla. 3 Ne. ii:61-85.
ZE-NE'PHI: A commander in the Nephite army under general Mormon (fourth century A. D.) in the north-ern country. He is mentioned only in Moro. ix:7-16.
ZE'NIFF: Leader of the colony of Nephites who re-turned to the land of Nephi from the land of Zarahemla, later than 200 B. C. King Laman of the Lamanites ceded to them the lands of Lehi-Nephi and Shiblom, which had up to 200 B. C. been Nephite possessions. Zeniff was the first of three kings to reign over their returned citizens. He was succeeded by his son Noah, a polygamist; and the latter by his son Limhi in whose time they returned to Zarahemla. Zeniff kept a record (q. v.) of his people over whom he reigned till he was old. Mos. chap. vi; vii:l.
ZE'NIFF, Record of: It gave an account of the people of Zeniff from the time they "left the land of Zarahemla till they returned again." They left under Zeniff sometime later than 200 B. C. and returned in the reign of Limhi, their third king, 121 B. C. The record probably covers sixty or seventy years. It was begun by Zeniff and handed down, and was in the possession of King Limhi when Ammon and his party came to them (121 B. C.) Limhi brought the record into the land of Zarahemla and delivered it (also the Jaredite record) into the custody of Mosiah, and it was kept and handed down with the other records till it reposed in Cumorah. It is one of the six sets of plates specifically mentioned in the B. of M. What we have of it, whether in full or abridged, is embraced in Mos. chaps. vi-x. See Mos. v:57-71; x:14-19; xi:81-87.
ZE'NOCK: An Israelite prophet who probably lived in Asia, though the Bible is silent concerning him. The Nephites knew of or had access to his writings and he is referred to or quoted in 1 Ne. v:223-224; Al. xvi:185-210; 3 Ne. iv:60-75.
ZE'NOS: A prophet of Israel quoted and appealed to by the Nephite prophets in America. He evidently lived in Bible lands, but the Bible is silent in regard to him. Jacob quotes language from him (Jacob iii:30-153) quite similar to what we find in Rom. xi. He is quoted or referred to in 1 Ne. v:223-257; Alma xvi:185-210; Hel. v.87-108; 3 Ne. iv:60-75.
ZER-A-HEM'NAH: A general over the Lamanite army. He commanded their forces in their invasion of the Nephites in 73 B. C. They first came into the land of Antionum, but finding the Nephite forces, who under Moroni, were awaiting them in the land of Jershon, excelling them so much in military equipments, they retired into the wilderness and marched over to the river Sidon that they might assail the Nephites in a weaker place. They were headed off and signally defeated by Moroni and his lieutenant Lehi. Zerahemnah was scalped and in the final engagement was compelled to surrender. His name occurs only in connection with this war. Al. xx.
ZE'RAM: A Nephite spy sent by Alma in pursuit of the defeated Amlicites along with Amnor, Manti and Limher to watch their movements, 86 B. C. Scene: Land of Zarahemla. Al. i:76-82.
ZE'RIN: Name of a mountain which is said to have been removed by the brother of Jared. Eth. v:30-35.
ZIFF: Name of a metal in use by the Nephites under King Noah in the second century B. C. It occurs in Mos. vii:6.
ZI'ON: Occurs forty-four times in the Book of Mormon, generally in Bible quotations. See concord-ance.
ZO'RAM: (1) Servant of Laban in the city of Jerusalem. After Nephi slew Laban, Z. accompanied the party to the tent of Lehi in the wilderness, (600 B. C.), and came with them to America. He married Ishmael's eldest daughter in the Arabian wilderness. Ere Lehi's death, about 570 B. C., he blessed Z. and prophesied to him along with his sons. Ammaron, Amlickiah and Tubaloth, prom-inent in B. of M. history, were descendants from Z. 1 Ne. i:121-145; v:7-9; 2 Ne. i:52-71.
ZO'RAM: (2) "Chief captain over the armies of the Nephites" in the land of Zarahemla, 80 B. C. He sought the Lord through the high priest Alma and received direction which led to the recovery of the Nephite prisoners from the Lamanites an the east of the river Sidon beyond the boundary of Manti. He had two sons: Lehi and Aha. Al. xi:4-21.
ZO'RAM: (3) Leader of the Zoramites (q. v.); an apostate Nephite (74 B. C.). He taught his people idolatry. He dwelt first in Zarahemla; second in Antionum. Al. xvi:76-84.
ZO'RAM-ITES: (1) The tribal descendants of Zoram who came with Lehi from Jerusalem. Jac. i:13, 14.
ZO'RAM-ITES: (2) A sect of Nephite dissenters whose name was derived from their leader Zoram. They separated themselves from the Nephites and gathered themselves together in the land of Antionum, east of the land of Zarahemla. They bowed to idols and were very unique both as to their mode of worship and the manner of their synagogues. They neglected daily prayer and would not observe the law of Moses, nor the performances of the church. When tidings of these things came to Alma in Zarahemla, he took several other ministers with him and visited them with the message of gospel repentance-74 B. C. Some conversions resulted; some persecutions were met with. The converts came over into the land of Jershon. The Z. lent the Lamanites their sympathy and some of them became officers in the Lamanite army. Al. xvi; xx:3-24, 45-52. In A. D. 3 there were Z. All the people were converted in A. D. 35, and it is said that in A. D. 100 all the schismatic distinctions ceased, 4 Ne. 3-21. In A. D. 230 these distinctions, including Z., revived again, 4 Ne. 29-45.

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