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38 - Book of Mormon - Joseph Smith Jr · Philosophy and Faith

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  Speaker 1: Alma, chapter forty six. And it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: as many as would not hearken to the words of
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  Speaker 1: Heliman and his brethren were gathered together against their brethren.
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  Speaker 1: And now behold, they were exceedingly wroth, insomuch that they
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  Speaker 1: were determined to slay them. Now the leader of those
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  Speaker 1: who were wroth against their brethren was a large and
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  Speaker 1: a strong man, and his name was Amalachiah. And Amlachia
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  Speaker 1: was desirous to be a king. And those people who
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  Speaker 1: were wroth were also desirous that he should be their king.
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  Speaker 1: And they were the greater part of them, the lower
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  Speaker 1: judges of the land, and they were seeking for power.
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  Speaker 1: And they had been led by the flatteries of Amalachia
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  Speaker 1: that if they would support him and establish him to
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  Speaker 1: be their king, that he would make them rulers over
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  Speaker 1: the people. Thus they were led away by Amalachia to dissensions,
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  Speaker 1: notwithstanding the preaching of Heliman and his brethren, Yea, notwithstanding
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  Speaker 1: their exceedingly great care over the church, for they were
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  Speaker 1: high priests over the church, and there were many in
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  Speaker 1: the church who believed in the flattering words of a Malachiah.
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  Speaker 1: Therefore they dissented even from the Church. And thus were
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  Speaker 1: the affairs of the people of Nephi exceedingly precarious and dangerous,
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  Speaker 1: notwithstanding their great victory which they had had over the Lamanites,
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  Speaker 1: and their great rejoicings which they had had because of
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  Speaker 1: their deliverance by the hand of the Lord. Thus we
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  Speaker 1: see how quick the children of men do forget the
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  Speaker 1: Lord their God, yea, how quick to do iniquity and
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  Speaker 1: to be led away by the evil one, yea. And
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  Speaker 1: we also see the great wickedness one very wicked man
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  Speaker 1: can cause to take place among the children of men. Yea.
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  Speaker 1: We see that a Malachia, because he was a man
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  Speaker 1: of cunning device and a man of many flattering words,
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  Speaker 1: that he led away the hearts of many people to
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  Speaker 1: do wickedly yea, and to seek to destroy the Church
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  Speaker 1: of God, and to destroy the foundation of liberty which
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  Speaker 1: God had granted unto them, or which blessing God had
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  Speaker 1: sent upon the face of the land for the righteous's sake.
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  Speaker 1: And now it came to pass that when Moroni, who
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  Speaker 1: was the chief commander of the armies of the Nephites,
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  Speaker 1: had heard of these dissensions, he was angry with the
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  Speaker 1: Melachiah and it came to pass that he rent his coat,
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  Speaker 1: and he took a piece thereof and wrote upon it
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  Speaker 1: in memory of our God, our religion and freedom, and
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  Speaker 1: our peace, our wives, and our children. And he fastened
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  Speaker 1: it upon the end of a pole. And he fastened
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  Speaker 1: on his head plate and his breastplate, and his shields,
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  Speaker 1: and girded on his armor about his loins. And he
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  Speaker 1: took the pole which had on the end thereof his
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  Speaker 1: rent coat, and he called it the title of Liberty.
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  Speaker 1: And he bowed himself to the earth, and he prayed
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  Speaker 1: mightily unto his God, for the blessings of liberty to
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  Speaker 1: rest upon his brethren, so long as there should a
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  Speaker 1: band of Christians remain to possess the land. For thus
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  Speaker 1: were all the true believers of Christ who belonged to
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  Speaker 1: the Church of God called by those who did not
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  Speaker 1: belong to the Church. And those who did belong to
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  Speaker 1: the Church were faithful. Yea, All those who were true
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  Speaker 1: believers in Christ took upon them gladly the name of Christ,
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  Speaker 1: or Christians, as they were called, because of their belief
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  Speaker 1: in Christ. Who should come. And therefore, at this time
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  Speaker 1: Marona prayed that the cause of the Christians and the
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  Speaker 1: freedom of the land might be favored. And it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that, when he had poured out his soul
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  Speaker 1: to God, he named all the land which was south
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  Speaker 1: of the land desolation Yea, and in fine all the land,
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  Speaker 1: both on the north and on the south, a chosen
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  Speaker 1: land and a land of liberty. And he said, surely,
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  Speaker 1: God shall not suffer that we who are despised because
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  Speaker 1: we take upon us the name of Christ, shall be
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  Speaker 1: trodden down and destroyed until we bring it upon us
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  Speaker 1: by our own transgressions. And when Marona had said these words,
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  Speaker 1: he went forth among the people, waving the rent part
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  Speaker 1: of his garment in the air that all might see
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  Speaker 1: the writing which he had written upon the rent part,
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  Speaker 1: and crying with a loud voice, saying, behold, whosoever will
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  Speaker 1: maintain this title upon the land, let them come forth
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  Speaker 1: in the strength of the Lord and enter into a covenant,
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  Speaker 1: that they will maintain their rights and their religion, that
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  Speaker 1: the Lord God may bless them. And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass that when Marona had proclaimed these words, behold, the
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  Speaker 1: people came running together with their armor girded about their loins,
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  Speaker 1: rending their garments in token or as a covenant that
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  Speaker 1: they would not forsake the Lord their God. Or, in
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  Speaker 1: other words, if they should transgress the commandments of God,
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  Speaker 1: or fall into transgression and be ashamed to take upon
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  Speaker 1: them the name of Christ, the Lord should rend them,
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  Speaker 1: even as they had rent their garments. Now this was
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  Speaker 1: the covenant which they made, and they cast their garments
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  Speaker 1: at the feet of Morona, saying, we covenant with our
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  Speaker 1: God that we shall be destroyed even as our brethren
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  Speaker 1: the land northward. If we shall fall into transgression, yea,
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  Speaker 1: he may cast us at the feet of our enemies,
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  Speaker 1: even as we have cast our garments at the feet,
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  Speaker 1: to be trodden underfoot, if we shall fall into transgression,
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  Speaker 1: Morona said unto them, behold, we are a remnant of
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  Speaker 1: the seed of Jacob. Yea. We are a remnant of
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  Speaker 1: the seed of Joseph, whose coat was rent by his
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  Speaker 1: brethren into many pieces. Yea. And now behold, let us
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  Speaker 1: remember to keep the commandments of God, or our garments
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  Speaker 1: shall be rent by our brethren, and we be cast
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  Speaker 1: into prison, or be sold or be slain. YEA. Let
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  Speaker 1: us preserve our liberty as a remnant of Joseph. YEA,
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  Speaker 1: let us remember the words of Jacob before his death.
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  Speaker 1: For behold, he saw that a part of the remnant
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  Speaker 1: of the coat of Joseph was preserved and had not decayed.
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  Speaker 1: And he said, even as this remnant of garment of
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  Speaker 1: my son hath been preserved, so shall a remnant of
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  Speaker 1: the seed of my son be preserved by the hand
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  Speaker 1: of God and be taken unto himself, while the remainder
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  Speaker 1: of the seed of Joseph shall perish, even as the
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  Speaker 1: remnant of his garment. Now behold, this giveth my soul sorrow. Nevertheless,
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  Speaker 1: my soul hath joy in my son because of that
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  Speaker 1: part of his seed which shall be taken unto God.
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  Speaker 1: Now behold, this was the language of Jacob. And now
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  Speaker 1: who knoweth but that the remnant of the seed of
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  Speaker 1: Joseph which shall perish as his garment, are those who
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  Speaker 1: have dissented from us? Yea, And even it shall be
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  Speaker 1: ourselves if we do not stand fast in the faith
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  Speaker 1: of Christ. And now it came to pass that when
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  Speaker 1: Moroni had said these words, he went forth, and also
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  Speaker 1: sent forth in all the parts of the land where
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  Speaker 1: there were dissensions, and gathered together all the people who
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  Speaker 1: were desirous to maintain their liberty to stand against Amlachiah
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  Speaker 1: and those who had dissented, who were called Amalachiaides. And
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  Speaker 1: it came to pass that when Amalachiah saw that the
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  Speaker 1: people of Moroni were more numerous than the Amalachia, and
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  Speaker 1: he also saw that his people were doubtful concerning the
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  Speaker 1: justice of the cause in which they had undertaken. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: fearing that he should not gain the point, he took
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  Speaker 1: those of his people who would and departed into the
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  Speaker 1: land of Nephi. Now Maroni thought it was not expedient
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  Speaker 1: that the Lamanites should have any more strength. Therefore he
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  Speaker 1: thought to cut off the people of Amalachia, or to
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  Speaker 1: take them and bring them back and put a Malachia
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  Speaker 1: to death. Yea, for he knew that he would stir
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  Speaker 1: up the Lamanites to anger against them and cause them
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  Speaker 1: to come to battle against them. And this he knew
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  Speaker 1: that a Malachia would do that he might obtain his purposes. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: Maronai thought it was expedient that he should take his armies,
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  Speaker 1: who had gathered themselves together and armed themselves and entered
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  Speaker 1: into a covenant to keep the peace. And it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that he took his army and marched out
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  Speaker 1: with his tents into the wilderness to cut off the
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  Speaker 1: course of Amalachia in the wilderness. And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass that he did according to his desires, and marched
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  Speaker 1: forth into the wilderness and headed the armies of a Malachia.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that a Malachia fled with
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  Speaker 1: a small number of his men, and the remainder were
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  Speaker 1: delivered up into the hands of Moroni, and were taken
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  Speaker 1: back into the land of Zarahimla now Moronia. Being a
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  Speaker 1: man who was appointed by the chief judges and the
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  Speaker 1: voice of the people, therefore he had power, according to
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  Speaker 1: his will, with the armies of the Nephites, to establish
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  Speaker 1: and to exercise authority over them. And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass at whomsoever of the Amalachiaites that would not enter
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  Speaker 1: into a covenant to support the cause of freedom, that
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  Speaker 1: they might maintain a free government, he caused to be
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  Speaker 1: put to death. And there were but few who denied
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  Speaker 1: the covenant of freedom. And it came to pass also
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  Speaker 1: that he caused the title of liberty to be hoisted
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  Speaker 1: upon every tower which was in all the land which
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  Speaker 1: was possessed by the Nephites, and Thus Moronai planted the
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  Speaker 1: standard of liberty among the Nephies, and they began to
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  Speaker 1: have peace again in the land. And thus they did
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  Speaker 1: maintain peace in the land until nearly the end of
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  Speaker 1: the nineteenth year of the reign of the Judges, and
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  Speaker 1: Helamann and the high priests did also maintain order in
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  Speaker 1: the church. Yea, even for the space of four years
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  Speaker 1: did they have much peace and rejoicing in the church.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that there were many who
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  Speaker 1: died firmly believing that their souls were redeemed by the
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  Speaker 1: Lord Jesus Christ. Thus they went out of the world rejoicing.
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  Speaker 1: And there were some who died with fevers, which some
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  Speaker 1: seasons of the year were very frequent in the land,
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  Speaker 1: but not so much so with fevers, because of the
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  Speaker 1: excellent qualities of the many plants and roots, which God
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  Speaker 1: had prepared to remove the cause of diseases to which
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  Speaker 1: men were subject by the nature of the climate. But
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  Speaker 1: there were many who died with old age. And those
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  Speaker 1: who died in the faith of Christ are happy in Him,
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  Speaker 1: as we must needs suppose Alma chapter forty seven. Now
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  Speaker 1: we will return in our record to Amalachia and those
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  Speaker 1: who had fled with him into the wilderness. For behold,
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  Speaker 1: he had taken those who went with him and went
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  Speaker 1: up in the land of Nephi among the Lamanites, and
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  Speaker 1: did stir up the Lamanites to anger against the people
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  Speaker 1: of Nephi. Insomuch that the king of the Lamanites sent
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  Speaker 1: a proclamation throughout all his land among all his people,
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  Speaker 1: that they should gather themselves together again to go to
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  Speaker 1: battle against the Nephites. And it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: when the proclamation had gone forth among them, they were
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  Speaker 1: exceedingly afraid. Yea, they feared to displease the king, and
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  Speaker 1: they also feared to go to battle against the Nephites,
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  Speaker 1: lest they should lose their lives. And it came to
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  Speaker 1: pass that they would not, or the more part of them,
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  Speaker 1: would not obey the commandments of the king. And now
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  Speaker 1: it came to pass that the king was wroth because
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  Speaker 1: of their disobedience. Therefore he gave a Malachia the command
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  Speaker 1: of that part of his army which was obedient unto
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  Speaker 1: his commands, and him that he should go forth and
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  Speaker 1: compel them to arms. Now behold, this was the desire
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  Speaker 1: of Amalachia, for he being a very subtle man to
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  Speaker 1: do evil. Therefore he laid the plans in his heart
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  Speaker 1: to dethrone the king of the Lamanites. And now he
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  Speaker 1: had got the command of those parts of the Lamanites
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  Speaker 1: who were in favor of the king, and he sought
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  Speaker 1: to gain favor of those who were not obedient. Therefore
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  Speaker 1: he went forward to the place which was called Oneida.
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  Speaker 1: For thither had all the Lamanites fled, for they discovered
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  Speaker 1: the army coming, and supposing that they were coming to
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  Speaker 1: destroy them. Therefore they fled to Oneida, to the place
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  Speaker 1: of arms. And they had appointed a man to be
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  Speaker 1: a king and a leader over them, being fixed in
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  Speaker 1: their minds with a determined resolution that they would not
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  Speaker 1: be subjected to go against the Nephites. And it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that they had gathered themselves together upon the
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  Speaker 1: top of the mount which was called Antipas, in preparation
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  Speaker 1: to battle. Now it was not a Malachi's intention to
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  Speaker 1: give them battle according to the commandments of the Suk king.
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  Speaker 1: But behold, it was his intention to gain favor with
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  Speaker 1: the armies of the Lamanites, that he might place himself
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  Speaker 1: at their head and dethrone the king and take possession
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  Speaker 1: of the kingdom, and behold, it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: he caused his army to pitch their tents in the
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  Speaker 1: valley which was near the Mount Antipas, and it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that when it was night, he sent a
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  Speaker 1: secret embassy into the Mount Antipas, desiring that the leader
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  Speaker 1: of those who were upon the mount, whose name was Lehontai,
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  Speaker 1: that he should come down to the foot of the mount,
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  Speaker 1: for he desired to speak with him. And it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that when le Hanti received the message, he
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  Speaker 1: durst not go down to the foot of the mount.
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  Speaker 1: And it came to pass that a malachia sent again
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  Speaker 1: the second time, desiring him to come down, and it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that le Hantai would not, and he
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  Speaker 1: sent again the third time, and it came to pass
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  Speaker 1: that when a Malachia found that he could not get
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  Speaker 1: Lehntai to come down off from the mount, he went
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  Speaker 1: up into the mount nearly to La Hanta camp, and
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  Speaker 1: he sent again the fourth time his message unto le Hantai,
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  Speaker 1: desiring that he would come down, and that he would
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  Speaker 1: bring his guards with him. And it came to pass
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  Speaker 1: that when le Hanti had come down with his guards
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  Speaker 1: to a Malachia that Amlakiya desired him to come down
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  Speaker 1: with his army in the night time and surround those
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  Speaker 1: men in their camps over whom the king had given
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  Speaker 1: him command, and that he would deliver them up into
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  Speaker 1: le Hanta's hands if he would make him a Malakia,
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  Speaker 1: a second leader over the whole army. And it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that le Hantai came down with his men
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  Speaker 1: and surrounded the men of Amalachia, so that before they
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  Speaker 1: awoke at the dawn of day, they were surrounded by
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  Speaker 1: the armies of Lahntai. And it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: when they saw that they were surrounded, they pled with
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  Speaker 1: a Malachia that he would suffer them to fall in
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  Speaker 1: with their brethren, that they might not be destroyed. Now,
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  Speaker 1: this was the very thing which Amalachia desired, and it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that he delivered his men contrary to
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  Speaker 1: the commands of the king. This was the thing that
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  Speaker 1: a Malachia desired, that he might accomplish his designs in
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  Speaker 1: dethroning the king. Now, it was the custom among the
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  Speaker 1: Lamanites if their chief leader was killed, to appoint the
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  Speaker 1: second leader to be their chief leader, and it came
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  Speaker 1: to pass that a Malachia caused that one of his
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  Speaker 1: servants should administer poison by degrees to Lehantai that he died.
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  Speaker 1: Now when le Hanti was dead, the Lamanites appointed a
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  Speaker 1: Malakia to be their leader and their chief commander. And
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  Speaker 1: it came to pass that a Malachia marched with his armies,
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  Speaker 1: for he had gained his desires to the land of Nephi,
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  Speaker 1: to the city of Nephi, which was the chief city.
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  Speaker 1: And the king came out to meet him with his guards,
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  Speaker 1: for he supposed that a Malakia had fulfilled his commands,
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  Speaker 1: and that a Malakia had gathered together so great an
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  Speaker 1: army to go against the Nephites to battle. But behold,
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  Speaker 1: as the king came out to meet him, a Malachia
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  Speaker 1: caused that his servants should go forth to meet the king,
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  Speaker 1: and they went and bowed themselves before the king, as
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  Speaker 1: if to reverence him because of his greatness. And it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that the king put forth his hand
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  Speaker 1: to raise them, as was the custom with the Lamanites,
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  Speaker 1: as a token of peace, which custom they had taken
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  Speaker 1: from the Nephites. And it came to pass that when
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  Speaker 1: he had raised the first from the ground. Behold, he
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  Speaker 1: stabbed the king to the heart, and he fell to
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  Speaker 1: the earth. Now the servants of the king fled, and
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  Speaker 1: the servants of a Malachia raised a cry, saying, behold,
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  Speaker 1: the servants of the king has stabbed him to the heart,
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  Speaker 1: and he has fallen, and they have fled. Behold, come
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  Speaker 1: and see. And it came to pass that a Malachia
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  Speaker 1: commanded that his army should march forth and see what
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  Speaker 1: had happened to the king. And when they had come
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  Speaker 1: to the spot and found the king lying in his gore,
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  Speaker 1: and Malachia pretended to be wroth, and said, whosoever loved
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  Speaker 1: the king, let him go forth and pursue his servants,
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  Speaker 1: that they may be slain. And it came to pass
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  Speaker 1: that all they who loved the king, when they heard
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  Speaker 1: these words, came forth and pursued after the servants of
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  Speaker 1: the king. Now, when the servants of the king saw
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  Speaker 1: an army pursuing after them, they were frightened again and
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  Speaker 1: fled into the wilderness and came over into the land
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  Speaker 1: of Zarahemla and joined the people of Ammon. And the
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  Speaker 1: army which pursued after them returned, having pursued after them
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  Speaker 1: in vain. And thus a Malachia, by his fraud, gained
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  Speaker 1: the hearts of the people. And it came to pass
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  Speaker 1: on the morrow he entered the city Nephy with his
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  Speaker 1: armies and took possession of the city. And now it
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  Speaker 1: came to pass that the Queen, when she had heard
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  Speaker 1: that the king was slain for Amalachia, had sent an
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  Speaker 1: embassy to the Queen informing her that the king had
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  Speaker 1: been slain by his servants, that he had pursued them
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  Speaker 1: with his army, but it was in vain and they
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  Speaker 1: had made their escape. Therefore, when the Queen had received
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  Speaker 1: this message, she sent unto Amalachia, desiring him that he
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  Speaker 1: would spare the people of the city. And she also
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  Speaker 1: desired him that he should come in unto her. And
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  Speaker 1: she also desired him that he should bring witnesses with
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  Speaker 1: him to testify concerning the death of the king. And
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  Speaker 1: it came to pass that a Malachia took the same
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  Speaker 1: servant who slew the king and all them who were
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  Speaker 1: with him, and went in unto the Queen unto the
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  Speaker 1: place where she sat, and they all testified unto her
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  Speaker 1: that the king was slain by his own servants, and
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  Speaker 1: they said, also they have fled, does not this testify
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  Speaker 1: against them? And thus they satisfied the queen concerning the
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  Speaker 1: death of the king. And it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: a Malachiah sought the favor of the queen and took
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  Speaker 1: her unto him to wife. And thus, by his fraud
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  Speaker 1: and by the assistance of his cunning servants, he obtained
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  Speaker 1: the kingdom Yea. He was acknowledged king throughout all the
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  Speaker 1: land among all the people of the Lamanites, who were
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  Speaker 1: composed of the Lamanites and the Lemuelites, and the Ishmaelites,
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  Speaker 1: and all the dissenters of the Nephites from the reign
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  Speaker 1: of Nephi down to the present time. Now these dissenters
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  Speaker 1: having the same instruction, then the same information of the Nephites, Yea,
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  Speaker 1: having been instructed in the same knowledge of the Lord. Nevertheless,
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  Speaker 1: it is strange to relate. Not long after their dissensions
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  Speaker 1: they became more hardened and impenitent, and more wild, wicked
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  Speaker 1: and ferocious than the Lamanites, drinking in with the traditions
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  Speaker 1: of the Lamanites, giving way to indolence in all manner
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  Speaker 1: of lashiviousness Yea entirely forgetting the Lord their God Alma
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  Speaker 1: chapter forty eight. And now it came to pass that
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  Speaker 1: as soon as a Malachiah had obtained the kingdom, he
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  Speaker 1: began to inspire the hearts of the Lamanites against the
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  Speaker 1: people of Nephi Yea. He did appoint men to speak
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  Speaker 1: unto the Lamanites from their towers against the Nephites, and
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  Speaker 1: thus he did inspire their hearts against the Nephites. Insomuch
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  Speaker 1: that in the latter end of the nineteenth year of
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  Speaker 1: the reign of the Judges, he having accomplished his designs.
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  Speaker 1: Thus far Yea having been made king over the Lamanites,
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  Speaker 1: he sought also to reign over all the land Yea
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  Speaker 1: and all the people who were in the land, the
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: Nephytes as well as the Lamanites. Therefore he had accomplished
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  Speaker 1: his design, for he had hardened the hearts of the
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  Speaker 1: Lamanites and blinded their minds and stirred them up to anger.
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  Speaker 1: Insomuch that he had gathered together a numerous host to
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  Speaker 1: go to battle against the Nephites. For he was determined,
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  Speaker 1: because of the greatness of the number of his people
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  Speaker 1: to overpower the Nephites and to bring them into bondage.
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  Speaker 1: And thus he did appoint chief captains of the Zoramites,
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  Speaker 1: they being the most acquainted with the strength of the
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  Speaker 1: Nephites and their places of resort, and the weakest parts
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  Speaker 1: of their cities. Therefore he appointed them to be chief
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: captains over his armies. And it came to pass that
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: they took their camp and moved forth toward the land
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: of Zarahemla in the wilderness. Now it came to pass
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: that while a Malachia had thus been obtaining power by
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: fraud and deceit, Morona, on the other hand, had been
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  Speaker 1: preparing the minds of the people to be faithful unto
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: the Lord their god Yea. He had been strengthening the
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: armies of the Nephites, and erected in small forts or
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  Speaker 1: places of resort, throwing up banks of earth round about
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  Speaker 1: to enclose his armies, and also building walls of stone
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  Speaker 1: to encircle them about round about their cities and the
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  Speaker 1: borders of their lands Yea, all round about the land,
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  Speaker 1: and in their weakest fortifications he did place the greater
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  Speaker 1: number of men, And thus he did fortify and strengthen
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  Speaker 1: the land which was possessed by the Nephites. And thus
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  Speaker 1: he was preparing to support their liberty, their lands, their wives,
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  Speaker 1: and their children, and their peace, that they might live
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  Speaker 1: unto the Lord, their God, and that they might maintain
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  Speaker 1: that which was called by their enemies the cause of Christians.
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  Speaker 1: And Marona was a strong and a mighty man. He
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  Speaker 1: was a man of a perfect understanding, yea. A man
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  Speaker 1: that did not delight in bloodshed, a man whose soul
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: did joy in the liberty and the freedom of his
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: country and his brethren from bondage and slavery. Yea. A
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: man whose heart did swell with thanksgiving to his God
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: for the many privileges and blessings which he bestowed upon
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  Speaker 1: his people. A man who did labor exceedingly for the
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  Speaker 1: welfare and safety of his people. Yea. And he was
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  Speaker 1: a man who was firm in the faith of Christ.
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  Speaker 1: And he had sworn with an oath to defend his people,
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  Speaker 1: his rights, and his country, and his religion, even to
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: the loss of his blood. Now, the Nephites were taught
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: to defend themselves against their enemies, even to the shedding
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  Speaker 1: of blood if it were necessary. Yea. And they were
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: also taught never to give an offense, yea, and never
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: to raise the sword, except it were against an enemy.
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  Speaker 1: Accept it were to preserve their lives. And this was
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: their faith, that by so doing God would prosper them
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  Speaker 1: in the land. Or in other words, if they were
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: faithful in keeping the commandments of God, that He would
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: prosper them in the land. Yea. Warned them to flee
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: or to prepare for war according to their danger, and
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: also that God would make it known unto them whither
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: they should go to defend themselves against their enemies, and
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: by so doing the Lord would deliver them. And this
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: was the faith of Morona, and his heart did glory
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  Speaker 1: in it, not in the shedding of blood, but in
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: doing good, in preserving his people yea, in keeping the
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  Speaker 1: commandments of God, yea, and resisting iniquity, yea. Verily, verily,
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  Speaker 1: I say unto you. If all men had been, and were,
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  Speaker 1: and ever would be likened to Moronai, behold, the very
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: powers of Hell would have been shaken forever. Yea. The
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: devil would never have power over the hearts of the
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: children of men. Behold, he was a man likened to Amon,
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: the son of Mosiah. Yea. And even the other sons
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: of Mosiah Yea, and also Almand his sons, for they
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: were all men of God. Now behold, Helimann and his
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: brethren were no less serviceable unto the people than was Moronai.
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  Speaker 1: For they did preach the word of God, and they
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: did baptize unto repentance all men whosoever would hearken unto
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  Speaker 1: their words. And thus they went forth, and the people
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: did humble themselves because of their words, insomuch that they
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: were highly favored of the Lord. And thus they were
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: free from wars and contents among themselves Yea, even for
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: the space of four years. But as I have said,
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: in the latter end of the nineteenth year, Yea, notwithstanding
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: their peace amongst themselves, they were compelled reluctantly to contend
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: with their brethren, the Lamanites. Yea. And in fine, their
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: wars never did cease for the space of many years
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: with the Lamanites, notwithstanding their much reluctance. Now they were
• 23:24
  Speaker 1: sorry to take up arms against the Lamanites, because they
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: did not delight in the shedding of blood, Yea. And
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: this was not all they were sorry to be the
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: means of sending so many of their brethren out of
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: this world into an eternal world, unprepared to meet their God. Nevertheless,
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: they could not suffer to lay down their lives that
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: their wives and their children should be massacreed by the
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: barbarous cruelty of those who were once their brethren Yea,
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: and had dissented from their church and had left them,
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: and had gone to destroy them by joining the Lamanites. Yea,
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: they could not bear that their brethren should rejoice over
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: the blood of the Nephites, so long as there were
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  Speaker 1: any who should keep the commandments of God. For the
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: promise of the Lord was if they should keep his commandments,
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  Speaker 1: they would prosper in the land and of Alma, chapters
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  Speaker 1: forty six through forty eight.