Why did Mormon, the historian, quote from the lost prophets called Zenos and Zenock?

Thomas R. Valletta

“The prophets Zenos and Zenock are quoted several times by the prophets of the Book of Mormon. A possible reason for this propensity in quoting them becomes evident in [3 Nephi 10:16–17]: the Nephites are descendants of the prophets Zenos and Zenock! The historian records: ‘ … the prophet Zenos did testify of these things, and also Zenock spake concerning these things, because they testified particularly concerning us, who are the remnant of their seed’ (3 Nephi 10:16. Italics added.)” (Ludlow, Companion to Your Study of the Book of Mormon, 260).

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