1 Nephi 11:8. Driven Snow
How could Nephi, who lived in a warm climate (Jerusalem), have known about “driven snow,” which he mentions in 1 Nephi 11:8?
It snows in Jerusalem and other nearby regions from time to time. During the more than eight years I lived in an Arab village outside Jerusalem, we saw snow once or twice a year. Though not usually very deep, if it remains on the ground when the regular afternoon wind comes in from the west, it can easily be “driven.” Isaiah, who also lived at Jerusalem, mentions snow in his writings (Isaiah 1:18; 55:10). The word “snow” appears 24 times in the King James Version of the Bible.