Deuteronomy 17:14 17:14 Hosea 13:10 13:10 1 Samuel 8:19 8:19 1 Samuel 8:6 8:6 Acts 19:10 19:10 Acts 19:8 19:8 Hebrews 13:17 13:17 Acts 20:19 20:19 2 Nephi 5:18 1 Samuel 8:5 Acts 20:31 Mosiah 25:13 Jacob 2:1 Jacob 4:1 Jacob 1:9
Jacob 1:9
Now Nephi began to be old, and he saw that he must soon die; wherefore, he anointed a man to be a king and a ruler over his people now, according to the reigns of the kings.
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This chapter in the commentary 1 Nephi 4 — Laban's Sword, the Caiaphas Principle, and the Liberation of Zoram Enos 1 — Enos's Wrestle — The Hunt That Became a Prayer, Intercession for Brethren and Enemies, the Promise of Preservation Jacob 2 — Tender Feelings Wounded — Jacob's Temple Sermon on Pride, Riches, and the David-Solomon Sin Jacob 3 — The Pure in Heart, the Lamanite Husbands, and the Mercy Available Yet Jacob 4 — Looking Beyond the Mark — Jacob's Meditation on Christ, Scripture, and the Jewish Stumble Jacob 6 — Cleave Unto God — Jacob's Allegorical Exhortation and the Pleasing Bar of the Great Jehovah Jacob 7 — Sherem the Anti-Christ — Jacob's Final Confrontation, the Sign Demanded, and the Wandering People Jarom 1 — Jarom — A Short Book on Purpose: Keeping the Law of Moses While Looking Forward to Christ, and the Prophets Who Kept a Hard People Alive Mosiah 1 — Benjamin's Father-Discourse — Language, Records, the Mysteries, and the Name That Shall Never Be Blotted Out Mosiah 6 — The Names Recorded — Priests Appointed, Mosiah Anointed, Benjamin Departed, and Three Years of Peace Mosiah 10 — The Tradition of the Fathers — A Wrong That Is Taught, A Hatred That Is Inherited, A Deliverance That Comes by Remembrance Mosiah 29 — The Reign of the Judges Established — Mosiah's Epistle on the Voice of the People, the Danger of the Unrighteous King, How Much Iniquity One Wicked King Causes, and Alma the Younger Chosen Chief Judge Omni 1 — Omni — Five Voices on a Closing Plate, Mosiah's Flight to Zarahemla, the Mulekites Found, and the Stone of Coriantumr Words of Mormon 1 — Words of Mormon — The Editor's Seam, the Wise Purpose, and the Providence That Reaches Across Centuries Doctrine and Covenants 3 — The Works of God Cannot Be Frustrated 2 Kings 21 — The Wiped Dish and the Untold Prayer — Manasseh Unbuilds His Father's Reformation, Fills Jerusalem with Innocent Blood, Hears the Sentence That Dooms the Kingdom, and Finds a Mercy the Book of Kings Never Mentions Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge via openbible.info (CC BY) and from this project’s own chapter essays. Read Jacob 1:9 in context .
