Mosiah 1-2

Study Guide 1: Mosiah 1-2
To be discussed September 13

Day 1: Review Omni 1:12-19; read 1 Nephi 1:4; Jeremiah 39:1-10
1. What kind of leader was the first King Mosiah? Why do you think the people of Zarahemla appointed him to be their king?





2. Who was Zedekiah? (see Jer. 39:1-10, 1 Nephi 1:4) Approximately when did the people of Mulek leave Jerusalem?




BONUS: What do you think would have happened had the Lamanites found the Mulekites first?




Day 2: Read Mosiah 1:1-8
3. What kind of men did King Benjamin want his sons to be? List what King Benjamin taught his sons.





4. Why were the records written and preserved?




Day 3: Read Mosiah 1:9-18
5. Which of Benjamin’s sons was to succeed him? Where would the ceremony take place?



6. What did King Benjamin want to give his people before he died? Why?





7. What physical artifacts were passed on to the new king?








Day 4: Read Mosiah 2:1-8
8. For what did Benjamin’s people give thanks?




9. In what direction did the families in Benjamin’s kingdom pitch their tents? Why?




Day 5: Read Mosiah 2:9-17 (This is the beginning of King Benjamin’s speech, which continues through Mosiah 5.)
10. What three things did King Benjamin ask his people to open?





11. Use verses 13-14 to list the kinds of rules or laws under which Benjamin’s people were governed.





Day 6: Mosiah 2:18-30
12. Why should we have gratitude toward God?





13. What are the promises to those who keep God’s commandments?





Day 7: Read Mosiah 2:31-41, 3 Nephi 11:29
14. What is the warning to those who harbor or encourage contention?





15. What do you think it means to be an “enemy to God” (v. 38)? List all the counsel King Benjamin gives in this chapter as ways to avoid becoming an enemy to God.