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The Book of Mormon name "Nahom" becomes NHM when written in Hebrew. This is a significant correlation in name and location.
Three altar inscriptions have been discovered containing the name "NHM" as a tribal name and dating from the seventh to sixth centuries BC. This is roughly the time period when Lehi’s family was traveling though the same area.
The spice route proceed southward from Jerusalem and then turns toward the east at the place where the NHM inscriptions were found. Lehi's group proceeded southward and then made an "eastward turn" at the "place called Nahom."
Nephi indicated that their group had reached a "place called Nahom," indicating that the site was already named. Ismael was buried there, and his daughters mourned him there.
Critics of the Church attempt to dismiss this correlation as simply "the willingness of LDS scholars to look anywhere in their despair to find a shred of validation for their erroneous beliefs." [1]
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