Unit 104

they were

11 occurrences in 11 verses

Ether 14:5, 20, 29,

Ether 15:3, 14, 15, 16, 19, 22, 26, 28

Ether 14:5

And it came to pass that Coriantumr did lay siege to the wilderness;

and the brother of Shared did march forth out of the wilderness by night,

and slew a part of the army of Coriantumr,

as they were drunken.

Ether 14:20

And they were divided;

and a part of them fled to the army of Shiz,

and a part of them fled to the army of Coriantumr.

Ether 14:29

And it came to pass that they came forth, but were driven again;

and they came the second time, and they were driven again the second time.

And it came to pass that they came again the third time,

and the battle became exceedingly sore.

Ether 15:3

He began to repent of the evil which he had done;

he began to remember the words

which had been spoken by the mouth of all the prophets,

and he saw them that they were fulfilled thus far, every whit;

and his soul mourned and refused to be comforted.

Ether 15:14

Wherefore, they were for the space of four years gathering together the people,

that they might get all who were upon the face of the land,

and that they might receive all the strength

which it was possible that they could receive.

Ether 15:15

And it came to pass that when they were all gathered together,

every one to the army which he would,

with their wives and their children —

both men, women and children being armed with weapons of war,

having shields, and breastplates, and head-plates,

and being clothed after the manner of war —

they did march forth one against another to battle;

and they fought all that day, and conquered not.

Ether 15:16

And it came to pass that when it was night

they were weary, and retired to their camps;

and after they had retired to their camps

they took up a howling and a lamentation for the loss of the slain of their people;

and so great were their cries, their howlings and lamentations,

that they did rend the air exceedingly.

Ether 15:19

But behold, the Spirit of the Lord had ceased striving with them,

and Satan had full power over the hearts of the people;

for they were given up unto the hardness of their hearts,

and the blindness of their minds

that they might be destroyed;

wherefore they went again to battle.

Ether 15:22

And when the night came

they were drunken with anger,

even as a man who is drunken with wine;

and they slept again upon their swords.

Ether 15:26

And it came to pass that they ate and slept,

and prepared for death on the morrow.

And they were large and mighty men as to the strength of men.

Ether 15:28

And it came to pass that

when the men of Coriantumr had received sufficient strength

that they could walk,

they were about to flee for their lives;

but behold, Shiz arose, and also his men,

and he swore in his wrath that he would slay Coriantumr

or he would perish by the sword.