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to The Book of Mormon in the Classical Historywriting
Mormon Antipus Biblical Herodus Antipas ?
> > > The Jewish Wars 6
> > > 2. But as for Alexander, that son of Aristobulus who ran away from Pompey, in some time he got a considerable band of men together, and lay heavy upon Hyrcanus, and overran Judea, and was likely to overturn him quickly; and indeed he had come to Jerusalem, and had ventured to rebuild its wall that was thrown down by Pompey,
> > > Compare this to Alma 56-57
> > 15 And these are the cities which they possessed when I arrived at the city of Judea; and I found Antipus and his men toiling with their might to fortify the city.>
What do we learn from this obvious same story ?
Mormon city of Judea was historical Jerusalem
Mormon land of Jerusalem was historical state Judea
Mormon Helaman was historic Hyrcanus II
Mormon person Antipus was historical person Alexander
Mormon mountain Antipas was historical fortress Alexandrium.
Mormon Lehonti was historic Aristobulus.
Now lets see how far we come with these identifications with the
other parts of the same stories.