1 Nephi 4:26-27

26  And he, supposing that I spake of the ^abrethren of the ^bchurch, and that I was truly that Laban whom I had slain, wherefore he did follow me.

27  And he spake unto me many times concerning the elders of the Jews, as I went forth unto my brethren, who were without the walls.

     "And he spake unto me many times concerning the elders of the Jews."

            -Why are these two things mentioned?  What is Zoram's preoccupation with Laban's association with the Jewish elders?