Unit 32
king
17 occurrences in 15 verses
Mosiah 1:1, 8, 9, 10, 15,
Mosiah 2:1, 4, 6, 7, 11, 18, 19, 26, 29, 30
Mosiah 1:1
And now there was no more contention in all the land of Zarahemla,
among all the people who belonged to king Benjamin,
so that king Benjamin had continual peace all the remainder of his days.
Mosiah 1:8
And many more things did king Benjamin teach his sons,
which are not written in this book.
Mosiah 1:9
And it came to pass that
after king Benjamin had made an end of teaching his sons,
that he waxed old,
and he saw that he must very soon go the way of all the earth;
therefore, he thought it expedient
that he should confer the kingdom upon one of his sons.
Mosiah 1:10
Therefore, he had Mosiah brought before him;
and these are the words which he spake unto him, saying:
My son, I would that ye should make a proclamation
throughout all this land among all this people,
or the people of Zarahemla, and the people of Mosiah who dwell in the land,
that thereby they may be gathered together;
for on the morrow I shall proclaim unto this my people out of mine own mouth
that thou art a king and a ruler over this people,
whom the Lord our God hath given us.
Mosiah 1:15
And it came to pass that
after king Benjamin had made an end of these sayings to his son,
that he gave him charge concerning all the affairs of the kingdom.
Mosiah 2:1
And it came to pass that after Mosiah had done as his father had commanded him,
and had made a proclamation throughout all the land,
that the people gathered themselves together throughout all the land,
that they might go up to the temple to hear the words
which king Benjamin should speak unto them.
Mosiah 2:4
And also that they might give thanks to the Lord their God,
who had brought them out of the land of Jerusalem,
and who had delivered them out of the hands of their enemies,
and had appointed just men to be their teachers,
and also a just man to be their king,
who had established peace in the land of Zarahemla,
and who had taught them to keep the commandments of God,
that they might rejoice and be filled with love towards God and all men.
Mosiah 2:6
And they pitched their tents round about the temple,
every man having his tent with the door thereof towards the temple,
that thereby they might remain in their tents
and hear the words which king Benjamin should speak unto them;
Mosiah 2:7
For the multitude being so great
that king Benjamin could not teach them all within the walls of the temple,
therefore he caused a tower to be erected,
that thereby his people might hear the words which he should speak unto them.
Mosiah 2:11
But I am like as yourselves,
subject to all manner of infirmities in body and mind;
yet I have been chosen by this people,
and consecrated by my father,
and was suffered by the hand of the Lord
that I should be a ruler and a king over this people;
and have been kept and preserved by his matchless power,
to serve you with all the might, mind and strength
which the Lord hath granted unto me.
Mosiah 2:18
Behold, ye have called me your king;
and if I, whom ye call your king, do labor to serve you,
then ought not ye to labor to serve one another?
Mosiah 2:19
And behold also, if I, whom ye call your king,
who has spent his days in your service,
and yet has been in the service of God,
do merit any thanks from you,
O how you ought to thank your heavenly king!
Mosiah 2:26
And I, even I, whom ye call your king, am no better than ye yourselves are;
for I am also of the dust.
And ye behold that I am old,
and am about to yield up this mortal frame to its mother earth.
Mosiah 2:29
And moreover, I say unto you
that I have caused that ye should assemble yourselves together,
that I might declare unto you
that I can no longer be your teacher, nor your king;
Mosiah 2:30
For even at this time, my whole frame doth tremble exceedingly
while attempting to speak unto you;
but the Lord God doth support me,
and hath suffered me that I should speak unto you,
and hath commanded me that I should declare unto you this day,
that my son Mosiah is a king and a ruler over you.
