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Source:Peterson:To All the World:Economy and Technology:Steel and Iron
Peterson: "Making weapons of "steel" and "iron" is mentioned by the Nephites only during their first few generations"
Parent page: Book of Mormon/Metals/Steel
Peterson: "Making weapons of "steel" and "iron" is mentioned by the Nephites only during their first few generations"
Daniel C. Peterson:
Making weapons of "steel" and "iron" is mentioned by the Nephites only during their first few generations (2 Ne. 5:15; Jarom 1:8; iron is mentioned only as a "precious" ornamental metal during the time of Mosiah 11:8). Just what these terms originally meant may not be clear. Jaredite "steel" and "iron" and other metals are mentioned twice but are not described (Ether 7:9; 10:23). The weapons of the common soldier were distinctly simpler: stones, clubs, spears, and the bow and arrow (e.g., Alma 49:18—22).[1]
Notes
- ↑ Daniel C. Peterson, "Economy and Technology" in To All the World (2000)