“They Should Return Again”

Alan C. Miner

In 2 Nephi 6, Jacob read the words of Isaiah to the people of Nephi. Among these words was a prophecy that the Jews would be carried away captive from Jerusalem, but that "they should return again" (2 Nephi 6:9). According to Reynolds and Sjodahl, the Jews did return under Zerubbabel in 537 B.C. The rebuilding of the temple was begun in 520 B.C., and in 444 B.C., Ezra read the law in Jerusalem. [George Reynolds and Janne M. Sjodahl, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 1, p. 282]

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