For it came to pass in the commencement of the first year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah, (my father, Lehi, having dwelt at Jerusalem in all his days); and in that same year there came many prophets, prophesying unto the people that they must repent, or the great city of Jerusalem must be destroyed.
Commentary:
Babylon took control of Jeruselum in 604 B.C. Zedekiah's revolt in 587 led to great destruction and captivity of the Jews for the next 70 years. Jeremiah, Obadiah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah were contemporary prophets to Lehi with messages of repentance to the Jews of the time.
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