Unit 102

the people

33 occurrences in 28 verses

Ether 9:4, 6, 10, 11, 12, 26, 29, 33, 34, 35,

Ether 10:4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 19,

Ether 11:2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 20

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 9:6

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 9:10

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 9:29

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 9:33

And it came to pass that the Lord did cause the serpents

that they should pursue them no more,

but that they should hedge up the way

that the people could not pass,

that whoso should attempt to pass might fall by the poisonous serpents.

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 10:4

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 10:7

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 10:12

And it came to pass that Morianton built up many cities,

and the people became exceedingly rich under his reign,

both in buildings, and in gold and silver,

and in raising grain, and in flocks, and herds,

and such things which had been restored unto them.

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 10:19

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 11:2

And it came to pass that the prophets were rejected by the people,

and they fled unto Com for protection,

for the people sought to destroy them.

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 11:8

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 11:12

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 11:13

And it came to pass that the people hardened their hearts,

and would not hearken unto their words;

and the prophets mourned and withdrew from among the people.

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 11:20

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;