35. The story of Zedekiah's reign in Jerusalem, the conditions that obtained among the people, and the warnings which God sent by many prophets (Lehi among the rest) is thus told in II Chronicles, chapter 36: "Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord. And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel. Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy." 36. Nephi 2:20. 37. See synopsis First Book Nephi, heading chapter 1. 38. Richards' and Little's _Compendium_, p. 273; I Nephi 16:13, 14, 43. Also chapter 17:1. 39. Richards' and Little's _Compendium_, p. 272-273. The accuracy of this is questioned. 40. Reynolds, _B. M. Chronology_, Richards' and Little's _Compendium_, p. 273. 41. II Nephi 5. 42. II Nephi 5:22-25. 43. Book of Omni 4:7. 44. That is, four hundred years from the time Lehi left Jerusalem the latter event being 600 B. C. 45. _Dict. of B. of M_., Art. Nephi, Land of p. 295. 46. Such is the theory of Orson Pratt--see note "g," Book of Omni, old edition Book of Mormon. 47. II Nephi 5:8, Omni 1:12, 27. Mos. 7. Mos. 9:1. See collection of ref. under "b." II Nephi 5. 48. See Mosiah 23:1-5, 19. Also Mos. 24:20, 24. Also foot note "t" in ch. 24, by Orson Pratt; and _Dict. of B. of M_., pp. 198, 199. 49. It is supposed by some that this River Sidon is identical with the River Magdalena in the northern part of South America. (See _Dictionary of Book of Mormon_, p. 339, and Orson Pratt's note "g," Alma 2:15 old edition.) 50. Josephus, _Antiq_., bk. 10:8. 51. Josephus, _Antiq_., bk. 10, ch. 8. See also II Kings, ch. 25. 52. Omni 1:14-17. 53. Helaman 6:10. 54. This is upon the supposition that what is known among the Nephites especially as the land "Desolation," in contradistinction to the Nephite land "Bountiful," is identical with the region known to moderns as Central America; and the consideration of Alma 22:29-33. See also _Dict. B. of M_., p. 110. 55. Alma 8:7. 56. Omni 1:20-22. 57. Mosiah 28:7-14 and Mosiah 28. 58. Sec _Dictionary of B. of M._ (Reynolds), p. 165 _et seq_.