The Articles of Faith / A Series of Lectures on the Principal Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

by James E. Talmage

[948] II Nephi vi, 8.

[949] II Nephi xxv, 14-15.

[950] Verse 15.

[951] Helaman xv, 12.

[952] III Nephi x, 7.

[953] III Nephi xvi, 4.

[954] I Nephi iv, 20-26, 30-37.

[955] I Nephi vii, 2-6, 19, 22; xvi, 7.

[956] Omni i, 14-19; Mos. xxv, 2-4; Alma xxii, 30-32; Hel. vi, 10; viii, 21; p. 268.

[957] Shechem was the first capital of the kingdom of Israel (I Kings xii, 25); later, Tirzah became the capital: it was famous for its beauty (I Kings xiv, 17; xv, 33; xvi, 8,17, 23; Song of Sol. vi, 4); and lastly Samaria (1 Kings xvi, 24).