Unit 102

of

159 occurrences in 69 verses

Ether 9:1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35,

Ether 10:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33,

Ether 11:1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22

Ether 9:1

And now I, Moroni, proceed with my record.

Therefore, behold, it came to pass that

because of the secret combinations of Akish and his friends,

behold, they did overthrow the kingdom of Omer.

Ether 9:3

And the Lord warned Omer in a dream that he should depart out of the land;

wherefore Omer departed out of the land with his family,

and traveled many days, and came over and passed by the hill of Shim,

and came over by the place where the Nephites were destroyed,

and from thence eastward,

and came to a place which was called Ablom,

by the seashore,

and there he pitched his tent,

and also his sons and his daughters, and all his household,

save it were Jared and his family.

Ether 9:4

And it came to pass that

Jared was anointed king over the people, by the hand of wickedness;

and he gave unto Akish his daughter to wife.

Ether 9:5

And it came to pass that Akish sought the life of his father-in-law;

and he applied unto those whom he had sworn by the oath of the ancients,

and they obtained the head of his father-in-law,

as he sat upon his throne, giving audience to his people.

Ether 9:6

For so great had been the spreading of this wicked and secret society

that it had corrupted the hearts of all the people;

therefore Jared was murdered upon his throne,

and Akish reigned in his stead.

Ether 9:7

And it came to pass that Akish began to be jealous of his son,

therefore he shut him up in prison,

and kept him upon little or no food

until he had suffered death.

Ether 9:8

And now the brother of him that suffered death,

(and his name was Nimrah)

was angry with his father

because of that which his father had done unto his brother.

Ether 9:9

And it came to pass that Nimrah gathered together a small number of men,

and fled out of the land,

and came over and dwelt with Omer.

Ether 9:10

And it came to pass that Akish begat other sons,

and they won the hearts of the people,

notwithstanding they had sworn unto him

to do all manner of iniquity according to that which he desired.

Ether 9:11

Now the people of Akish were desirous for gain,

even as Akish was desirous for power;

wherefore, the sons of Akish did offer them money,

by which means they drew away the more part of the people after them.

Ether 9:12

And there began to be a war between the sons of Akish and Akish,

which lasted for the space of many years,

yea, unto the destruction of nearly all the people of the kingdom,

yea, even all, save it were thirty souls,

and they who fled with the house of Omer.

Ether 9:13

Wherefore, Omer was restored again to the land of his inheritance.

Ether 9:15

And after that he had anointed Emer to be king

he saw peace in the land for the space of two years, and he died,

having seen exceedingly many days, which were full of sorrow.

And it came to pass that Emer did reign in his stead,

and did fill the steps of his father.

Ether 9:16

And the Lord began again to take the curse from off the land,

and the house of Emer did prosper exceedingly under the reign of Emer;

and in the space of sixty and two years they had become exceedingly strong,

insomuch that they became exceedingly rich —

Ether 9:17

Having all manner of fruit, and of grain,

and of silks, and of fine linen,

and of gold, and of silver, and of precious things;

Ether 9:18

And also all manner of cattle, of oxen, and cows,

and of sheep, and of swine, and of goats,

and also many other kinds of animals which were useful for the food of man.

Ether 9:19

And they also had horses, and asses,

and there were elephants and cureloms and cumoms;

all of which were useful unto man,

and more especially the elephants and cureloms and cumoms.

Ether 9:20

And thus the Lord did pour out his blessings upon this land,

which was choice above all other lands;

and he commanded that whoso should possess the land

should possess it unto the Lord,

or they should be destroyed when they were ripened in iniquity;

for upon such, saith the Lord: I will pour out the fulness of my wrath.

Ether 9:22

And after he had anointed Coriantum to reign in his stead

he lived four years, and he saw peace in the land;

yea, and he even saw the Son of Righteousness,

and did rejoice and glory in his day;

and he died in peace.

Ether 9:23

And it came to pass that Coriantum did walk in the steps of his father,

and did build many mighty cities,

and did administer that which was good unto his people in all his days.

And it came to pass that he had no children even until he was exceedingly old.

Ether 9:26

And the people had spread again over all the face of the land,

and there began again to be an exceedingly great wickedness

upon the face of the land,

and Heth began to embrace the secret plans again of old,

to destroy his father.

Ether 9:28

And there came prophets in the land again,

crying repentance unto them —

that they must prepare the way of the Lord

or there should come a curse upon the face of the land;

yea, even there should be a great famine,

in which they should be destroyed if they did not repent.

Ether 9:29

But the people believed not the words of the prophets,

but they cast them out;

and some of them they cast into pits and left them to perish.

And it came to pass that they did all these things

according to the commandment of the king, Heth.

Ether 9:30

And it came to pass that there began to be a great dearth upon the land,

and the inhabitants began to be destroyed exceedingly fast because of the dearth,

for there was no rain upon the face of the earth.

Ether 9:31

And there came forth poisonous serpents also upon the face of the land,

and did poison many people.

And it came to pass that their flocks began to flee before the poisonous serpents,

towards the land southward, which was called by the Nephites Zarahemla.

Ether 9:32

And it came to pass that there were many of them which did perish by the way;

nevertheless, there were some which fled into the land southward.

Ether 9:34

And it came to pass that the people did follow the course of the beasts,

and did devour the carcasses of them which fell by the way,

until they had devoured them all.

Now when the people saw that they must perish

they began to repent of their iniquities and cry unto the Lord.

Ether 9:35

And it came to pass that

when they had humbled themselves sufficiently before the Lord

he did send rain upon the face of the earth;

and the people began to revive again,

and there began to be fruit in the north countries,

and in all the countries round about.

And the Lord did show forth his power unto them in preserving them from famine.

Ether 10:1

And it came to pass that Shez, who was a descendant of Heth —

for Heth had perished by the famine, and all his household save it were Shez —

wherefore, Shez began to build up again a broken people.

Ether 10:2

And it came to pass that Shez did remember the destruction of his fathers,

and he did build up a righteous kingdom;

for he remembered what the Lord had done

in bringing Jared and his brother across the deep;

and he did walk in the ways of the Lord;

and he begat sons and daughters.

Ether 10:3

And his eldest son, whose name was Shez, did rebel against him;

nevertheless, Shez was smitten by the hand of a robber,

because of his exceeding riches,

which brought peace again unto his father.

Ether 10:4

And it came to pass that

his father did build up many cities upon the face of the land,

and the people began again to spread over all the face of the land.

And Shez did live to an exceedingly old age;

and he begat Riplakish.

And he died,

and Riplakish reigned in his stead.

Ether 10:5

And it came to pass that Riplakish did not do that

which was right in the sight of the Lord,

for he did have many wives and concubines,

and did lay that upon men's shoulders which was grievous to be borne;

yea, he did tax them with heavy taxes;

and with the taxes he did build many spacious buildings.

Ether 10:7

Wherefore he did obtain all his fine work,

yea, even his fine gold he did cause to be refined in prison;

and all manner of fine workmanship he did cause to be wrought in prison.

And it came to pass that

he did afflict the people with his whoredoms and abominations.

Ether 10:8

And when he had reigned for the space of forty and two years

the people did rise up in rebellion against him;

and there began to be war again in the land,

insomuch that Riplakish was killed,

and his descendants were driven out of the land.

Ether 10:9

And it came to pass after the space of many years,

Morianton, (he being a descendant of Riplakish)

gathered together an army of outcasts,

and went forth and gave battle unto the people;

and he gained power over many cities;

and the war became exceedingly sore, and did last for the space of many years;

and he did gain power over all the land,

and did establish himself king over all the land.

Ether 10:10

And after that he had established himself king

he did ease the burden of the people,

by which he did gain favor in the eyes of the people,

and they did anoint him to be their king.

Ether 10:11

And he did do justice unto the people,

but not unto himself because of his many whoredoms;

wherefore he was cut off from the presence of the Lord.

Ether 10:13

And Morianton did live to an exceedingly great age,

and then he begat Kim;

and Kim did reign in the stead of his father;

and he did reign eight years, and his father died.

And it came to pass that Kim did not reign in righteousness,

wherefore he was not favored of the Lord.

Ether 10:15

And it came to pass that Levi did serve in captivity

after the death of his father,

for the space of forty and two years.

And he did make war against the king of the land,

by which he did obtain unto himself the kingdom.

Ether 10:16

And after he had obtained unto himself the kingdom

he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord;

and the people did prosper in the land;

and he did live to a good old age, and begat sons and daughters;

and he also begat Corom, whom he anointed king in his stead.

Ether 10:17

And it came to pass that Corom did that

which was good in the sight of the Lord all his days;

and he begat many sons and daughters;

and after he had seen many days he did pass away,

even like unto the rest of the earth;

and Kish reigned in his stead.

Ether 10:19

And it came to pass that

Lib also did that which was good in the sight of the Lord.

And in the days of Lib the poisonous serpents were destroyed.

Wherefore they did go into the land southward,

to hunt food for the people of the land,

for the land was covered with animals of the forest.

And Lib also himself became a great hunter.

Ether 10:20

And they built a great city by the narrow neck of land,

by the place where the sea divides the land.

Ether 10:21

And they did preserve the land southward for a wilderness, to get game.

And the whole face of the land northward was covered with inhabitants.

Ether 10:23

And they did work in all manner of ore,

and they did make gold, and silver, and iron, and brass, and all manner of metals;

and they did dig it out of the earth;

wherefore, they did cast up mighty heaps of earth to get ore,

of gold, and of silver, and of iron, and of copper.

And they did work all manner of fine work.

Ether 10:24

And they did have silks, and fine-twined linen;

and they did work all manner of cloth,

that they might clothe themselves from their nakedness.

Ether 10:25

And they did make all manner of tools to till the earth,

both to plow and to sow, to reap and to hoe, and also to thrash.

Ether 10:26

And they did make all manner of tools

with which they did work their beasts.

Ether 10:27

And they did make all manner of weapons of war.

And they did work all manner of work of exceedingly curious workmanship.

Ether 10:28

And never could be a people more blessed than were they,

and more prospered by the hand of the Lord.

And they were in a land that was choice above all lands,

for the Lord had spoken it.

Ether 10:30

And it came to pass that Hearthom reigned in the stead of his father.

And when Hearthom had reigned twenty and four years,

behold, the kingdom was taken away from him.

And he served many years in captivity,

yea, even all the remainder of his days.

Ether 10:32

And it came to pass that Com drew away the half of the kingdom.

And he reigned over the half of the kingdom forty and two years;

and he went to battle against the king, Amgid,

and they fought for the space of many years,

during which time Com gained power over Amgid,

and obtained power over the remainder of the kingdom.

Ether 10:33

And in the days of Com there began to be robbers in the land;

and they adopted the old plans,

and administered oaths after the manner of the ancients,

and sought again to destroy the kingdom.

Ether 11:1

And there came also in the days of Com many prophets,

and prophesied of the destruction of that great people

except they should repent, and turn unto the Lord,

and forsake their murders and wickedness.

Ether 11:3

And they prophesied unto Com many things;

and he was blessed in all the remainder of his days.

Ether 11:4

And he lived to a good old age, and begat Shiblom;

and Shiblom reigned in his stead.

And the brother of Shiblom rebelled against him,

and there began to be an exceedingly great war in all the land.

Ether 11:5

And it came to pass that the brother of Shiblom caused

that all the prophets who prophesied of the destruction of the people

should be put to death;

Ether 11:6

And there was great calamity in all the land,

for they had testified that a great curse should come upon the land,

and also upon the people,

and that there should be a great destruction among them,

such an one as never had been upon the face of the earth,

and their bones should become as heaps of earth upon the face of the land

except they should repent of their wickedness.

Ether 11:7

And they hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord,

because of their wicked combinations;

wherefore, there began to be wars and contentions in all the land,

and also many famines and pestilences,

insomuch that there was a great destruction,

such an one as never had been known upon the face of the earth;

and all this came to pass in the days of Shiblom.

Ether 11:8

And the people began to repent of their iniquity;

and inasmuch as they did the Lord did have mercy on them.

Ether 11:10

And it came to pass that Ahah, his son, did obtain the kingdom;

and he did reign over the people all his days.

And he did do all manner of iniquity in his days,

by which he did cause the shedding of much blood;

and few were his days.

Ether 11:11

And Ethem, being a descendant of Ahah, did obtain the kingdom;

and he also did do that which was wicked in his days.

Ether 11:12

And it came to pass that in the days of Ethem

there came many prophets, and prophesied again unto the people;

yea, they did prophesy that the Lord would utterly destroy them

from off the face of the earth

except they repented of their iniquities.

Ether 11:15

And it came to pass that there arose a rebellion among the people,

because of that secret combination which was built up to get power and gain;

and there arose a mighty man among them in iniquity,

and gave battle unto Moron,

in which he did overthrow the half of the kingdom;

and he did maintain the half of the kingdom for many years.

Ether 11:17

And it came to pass that there arose another mighty man;

and he was a descendant of the brother of Jared.

Ether 11:18

And it came to pass that he did overthrow Moron and obtain the kingdom;

wherefore, Moron dwelt in captivity all the remainder of his days;

and he begat Coriantor.

Ether 11:20

And in the days of Coriantor there also came many prophets,

and prophesied of great and marvelous things,

and cried repentance unto the people,

and except they should repent

the Lord God would execute judgment against them to their utter destruction;

Ether 11:22

And they did reject all the words of the prophets,

because of their secret society and wicked abominations.