In Alma 52:17 we find the first mention of a "city Bountiful." All the previous references have been to the "land" Bountiful. One might wonder if all the previous references were referring to a local land of Bountiful or a general land of Bountiful? One might also wonder just exactly where the "city Bountiful" was located in the "land" of Bountiful. [Alan C. Miner, Personal Notes]
“Returned Again to the City Bountiful”
If Teancum marched forth with his armies to "the city of Mulek" (Alma 52:17) and then "returned again to the city Bountiful" to wait for the coming of Moroni," one might reason that because there is no mention of any other land or city in the record of Teancum's travels, both to or from the city of Mulek, then there was, in fact, no other recognized land or city between the city of Mulek and the city of Bountiful. The reader should note, however, the mention in Alma 51:32 of what is termed "the borders of the land Bountiful" and "the borders on the beach by the seashore," both of which would apparently lie in the intervening space between the city of Bountiful and the city of Mulek. [Alan C. Miner, Personal Notes]