Ether 8:7

And now Jared became exceedingly sorrowful because of the loss of the kingdom,

for he had set his heart upon the kingdom and upon the glory of the world.

Ether 8:8

Now the daughter of Jared being exceedingly expert,

and seeing the sorrows of her father,

thought to devise a plan whereby she could redeem the kingdom unto her father.

Ether 8:9

Now the daughter of Jared was exceedingly fair.

And it came to pass that she did talk with her father, and said unto him:

Whereby hath my father so much sorrow?

Hath he not read the record which our fathers brought across the great deep?

Behold, is there not an account concerning them of old,

that they by their secret plans did obtain kingdoms and great glory?

Ether 8:10

And now, therefore, let my father send for Akish, the son of Kimnor;

and behold, I am fair, and I will dance before him,

and I will please him, that he will desire me to wife;

wherefore if he shall desire of thee

that ye shall give unto him me to wife,

then shall ye say:

I will give her

if ye will bring unto me the head of my father, the king.

Ether 8:11

And now Omer was a friend to Akish;

wherefore, when Jared had sent for Akish,

the daughter of Jared danced before him

that she pleased him,

insomuch that he desired her to wife.

And it came to pass that he said unto Jared:

Give her unto me to wife.

Ether 8:12

And Jared said unto him:

I will give her unto you,

if ye will bring unto me the head of my father, the king.

Ether 8:13

And it came to pass that

Akish gathered in unto the house of Jared all his kinsfolk,

and said unto them:

Will ye swear unto me that ye will be faithful unto me

in the thing which I shall desire of you?

Ether 8:14

And it came to pass that they all sware unto him, by the God of heaven,

and also by the heavens, and also by the earth, and by their heads,

that whoso should vary from the assistance which Akish desired

should lose his head;

and whoso should divulge whatsoever thing Akish made known unto them,

the same should lose his life.

Ether 8:15

And it came to pass that thus they did agree with Akish.

And Akish did administer unto them the oaths

which were given by them of old who also sought power,

which had been handed down even from Cain,

who was a murderer from the beginning.

Ether 8:16

And they were kept up by the power of the devil

to administer these oaths unto the people, to keep them in darkness,

to help such as sought power to gain power,

and to murder, and to plunder, and to lie,

and to commit all manner of wickedness and whoredoms.

Ether 8:17

And it was the daughter of Jared

who put it into his heart to search up these things of old;

and Jared put it into the heart of Akish;

wherefore, Akish administered it unto his kindred and friends,

leading them away by fair promises to do whatsoever thing he desired.

Ether 8:18

And it came to pass that they formed a secret combination,

even as they of old;

which combination is most abominable and wicked above all, in the sight of God;

Ether 8:19

For the Lord worketh not in secret combinations,

neither doth he will that man should shed blood,

but in all things hath forbidden it, from the beginning of man.