Unit 45

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12 occurrences in 12 verses

Alma 1:1, 2, 10, 11,

Alma 2:6, 17, 18, 25, 28, 32, 35, 36

Alma 1:1

Now it came to pass that

in the first year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi,

from this time forward,

king Mosiah having gone the way of all the earth,

having warred a good warfare,

walking uprightly before God,

leaving none to reign in his stead;

nevertheless he had established laws,

and they were acknowledged by the people;

therefore they were obliged to abide by the laws which he had made.

Alma 1:2

And it came to pass that

in the first year of the reign of Alma in the judgment-seat,

there was a man brought before him to be judged,

a man who was large, and was noted for his much strength.

Alma 1:10

And the man who slew him was taken by the people of the church,

and was brought before Alma, to be judged

according to the crimes which he had committed.

Alma 1:11

And it came to pass that

he stood before Alma and pleaded for himself with much boldness.

Alma 2:6

And thus they did assemble themselves together

to cast in their voices concerning the matter;

and they were laid before the judges.

Alma 2:17

And they began to slay the Amlicites upon the hill east of Sidon.

And the Amlicites did contend with the Nephites with great strength,

insomuch that many of the Nephites did fall before the Amlicites.

Alma 2:18

Nevertheless the Lord did strengthen the hand of the Nephites,

that they slew the Amlicites with great slaughter,

that they began to flee before them.

Alma 2:25

And they are upon our brethren in that land;

and they are fleeing before them

with their flocks, and their wives, and their children,

towards our city;

and except we make haste

they obtain possession of our city,

and our fathers, and our wives, and our children be slain.

Alma 2:28

Nevertheless, the Nephites being strengthened by the hand of the Lord,

having prayed mightily to him

that he would deliver them out of the hands of their enemies,

therefore the Lord did hear their cries, and did strengthen them,

and the Lamanites and the Amlicites did fall before them.

Alma 2:32

And he also contended with the king of the Lamanites;

but the king of the Lamanites fled back from before Alma

and sent his guards to contend with Alma.

Alma 2:35

And it came to pass that when they had all crossed the river Sidon

that the Lamanites and the Amlicites began to flee before them,

notwithstanding they were so numerous that they could not be numbered.

Alma 2:36

And they fled before the Nephites

towards the wilderness which was west and north,

away beyond the borders of the land;

and the Nephites did pursue them with their might, and did slay them.