A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Lehi, City of
LEHI, CITY OF. A city on the Atlantic seaboard of South America, apparently near the Caribbean Sea. It is described as lying "in the north, by the borders of the sea shore" (Alma, 50:15). It was founded in B. C. 72, possibly by Lehi, one of the great Nephite generals of that era. In B. C. 68, its citizens being threatened by their neighbors of the city of Morianton, fled for protection to the camp of Moroni. When the difficulty was settled they both returned to their respective homes. In B. C. 67 this city, with many others, fell into the hands of the Lamanite armies under Amalickiah, who appear to have retained it until B. C. 61, when it was recaptured by the Nephites. This city is not again mentioned by name in the Book of Mormon.