[Godzilla]

2 Nephi 5:15 And I did teach my people to build buildings, and to work in all manner of wood, and of iron, and of copper, and of brass, and of steel, and of gold, and of silver, and of precious ores, which were in great abundance.
5:16 And I, Nephi, did build a temple; and I did construct it after the manner of the temple of Solomon save it were not built of so many precious things; for they were not to be found upon the land, wherefore, it could not be built like unto Solomon's temple. But the manner of the construction was like unto the temple of Solomon; and the workmanship thereof was exceedingly fine.

[ReverendJames]

Thanks for that follow up. It was only one verse away from being abundant to not found. And since parts the temple of Solomon are still extant in Jerusalem, why are there no parts of it that Nephi had built still around in America?

[eagles]

Your assuming, of course, that by precious things he is referring to the gold and silver he just mentioned. But how do you know that there weren’t some other ingredients he considered more precious that were included in Solomon’s temple, but not the one he is describing.

[Elsie]

The VERY NEXT VERSE???

[Elsie]

...and to work in all manner of wood, and of iron, and of copper, and of brass, and of steel, and of gold, and of silver, and of precious ores,...

Uh; LORD?

Do you REALLY mean STEEL here, and not just IRON??