Unit 40

Gideon

9 occurrences in 8 verses

Mosiah 19:4, 6, 8, 18, 22, 23, 24,

Mosiah 20:17

Mosiah 19:4

And now there was a man among them whose name was Gideon,

and he being a strong man and an enemy to the king,

therefore he drew his sword, and swore in his wrath

that he would slay the king.

Mosiah 19:6

And Gideon pursued after him

and was about to get upon the tower to slay the king,

and the king cast his eyes round about towards the land of Shemlon,

and behold, the army of the Lamanites were within the borders of the land.

Mosiah 19:8

And now the king was not so much concerned about his people

as he was about his own life;

nevertheless, Gideon did spare his life.

Mosiah 19:18

And it came to pass that Gideon sent men into the wilderness secretly,

to search for the king and those that were with him.

And it came to pass that they met the people in the wilderness,

all save the king and his priests.

Mosiah 19:22

And it came to pass that

they were about to return to the land of Nephi,

and they met the men of Gideon.

And the men of Gideon told them

of all that had happened to their wives and their children;

and that the Lamanites had granted unto them

that they might possess the land

by paying a tribute to the Lamanites of one half of all they possessed.

Mosiah 19:23

And the people told the men of Gideon that they had slain the king,

and his priests had fled from them farther into the wilderness.

Mosiah 19:24

And it came to pass that after they had ended the ceremony,

that they returned to the land of Nephi,

rejoicing, because their wives and their children were not slain;

and they told Gideon what they had done to the king.

Mosiah 20:17

Now when Gideon had heard these things,

he being the king's captain,

he went forth and said unto the king:

I pray thee forbear, and do not search this people,

and lay not this thing to their charge.