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Zebulun.
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Zedekiah.

or cities included within the borders of the land of Zarahemla, in the days of the Judges, were:

In the extreme north, the land of Bountiful, which extended southward from the Isthmus of Panama. On its southern frontier lay the land of Jershon.

On the river Sidon: Zarahemla, Minon, Gideon and Manti.

In the interior, eastward of the Sidon: Antionum, Siron, and Nephihah.

On the shores of the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea: Mulek, Morianton, Lehi, Omner, Gid, Aaron and Moroni.

In the interior west of the Sidon: Melek, Aaron, Noah, Ammonihah and Sidom.

Between the upper waters of the Sidon and the Pacific Ocean: Cumeni, Antiparah, Judea and Zeezrom.

ZEBULUN. One of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Reference is made to the land of Zebulun (II Nephi, 19:1), in a quotation from the writings of Isaiah.


ZECHARIAH. An Israelite of whom nothing personally is known. His name is mentioned (II Nephi, 18:2). in a quotation from the writings of Isaiah, where he is spoken of as a "faithful witness to record."


ZEDEKIAH. One of the twelve Disciples called and chosen by Jesus to minister to the Nephites at the time of his visit to that people (A. C. 34). Zedekiah was present near the temple in the land Bountiful, when Jesus appeared, and was baptized by Nephi on the day following. He is not mentioned again in the sacred record.


ZEDEKIAH. The last king of Judah. In the first year of his reign, Lehi and his family left Jerusalem. Zedekiah's name occurs eight times in the Book of Mormon, five of which are connected with Lehi's departure, the other three relate to the monarch's posterity. The killing of the sons