Unit 102

of the

54 occurrences in 38 verses

Ether 9:1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35,

Ether 10:2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 23, 28, 32, 33,

Ether 11:1, 5, 6, 7, 12, 15, 17, 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 9:5

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 9:9

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 9:26

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 9:34

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 10:2

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 10:4

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 10:8

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 10:10

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 10:21

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 10:28

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 10:32

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 11:5

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 11:12

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 11:22

And they did reject all the words of the prophets,

because of their secret society and wicked abominations.