Lesson 20-2: Did Abinadi Prophesy against King Noah on the D

Title

Lesson 20-2: Did Abinadi Prophesy against King Noah on the Day of Pentecost?

Publication Type

Chart

Year of Publication

2023

Authors

Welch, John W. (Primary), Welch, Greg (Primary), and Jasmin Gimenez Rappleye (Primary)

Number

20-2

Publisher

Scripture Central

City

Springville, UT

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Bibliographic Citation

Abstract

Abinadi may have prophesied to King Noah and his priests on or near the day of Pentecost, as textual clues in Mosiah 11–17 suggest. Pentecost in ancient Israel was a three-day festival in May celebrating the new wheat and bounty of spring. It was also a time for carefully listening to and celebrating the law of Moses, since God gave the law to Moses on Sinai at approximately this time in the year. Abinadi’s cursing of grain and sending destruction upon crops are a reversal of the themes celebrated at Pentecost. Ironically, at the same time when the priests should have been venerating the law, Abinadi rehearsed to them the Ten Commandments and chastised them for not keeping it.

Originally published as Chart 9-124 in Charting the Book of Mormon.

King Noah

Ten Commandments

Priests of King Noah

Day of Pentecost

Abinadi (Prophet)