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Josh. He, with all his command, was slain in the final series of battles in the land Cumorah. (A. C. 485), when the Nephite nation was destroyed.  JOSH. One of the iniquitous cities destroyed by fire from heaven at the time of the crucifixion of Christ, because of the wickedness of its people in casting out the prophets and stoning those whom the Lord had sent to declare to them their sins and abominations. The Savior announced the terrible fact that there was not one righteous person to be found in it, therefore He had destroyed it, that the blood of the martyrs might not cry from the ground to Him any more against those who had slain them. (III Nephi, 9:10, 11.) Josh is only mentioned in the Book of Mormon in connection with its destruction.   JOSHUA. A city mentioned only in the account of the great closing war between the Nephites and Lamanites. It was situated near the Pacific Ocean, either in the extreme northern portion of South America or in Central America. Here Mormon endeavored to gather his forces in one vast host to stay the advance of the victorious Lamanites; and we are of the opinion that it was in the vicinity of this city that the great battle between Mormon and king Aaron was fought in A. C. 330, when the former turned the tide of victory against the Lamanites. (Mormon, 2:9.) The city of David appears to have been situated near Joshua, to the south.   JOTHAN. The tenth king of Judah. He was a contemporary of Isaiah, and his name is mentioned in the Book of Mormon only in a quotation from the writings of that prophet. (II Nephi, 17:1.)   JUDAH. This name is found principally in the Book of Mormon in quotations from the prophet Isaiah; and in the statement of the fact that Lehi left Jerusalem in the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah. In two places it refers to the Jews, as the descendants of the patriarch Judah. <section end="Judah" />