Alma 4:1

Now it came to pass

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

there were no contentions nor wars in the land of Zarahemla;

Alma 4:2

But the people were afflicted,

yea, greatly afflicted for the loss of their brethren,

and also for the loss of their flocks and herds,

and also for the loss of their fields of grain,

which were trodden under foot and destroyed by the Lamanites.

Alma 4:3

And so great were their afflictions that every soul had cause to mourn;

and they believed that it was the judgments of God sent upon them

because of their wickedness and their abominations;

therefore they were awakened to a remembrance of their duty.

Alma 4:4

And they began to establish the church more fully;

yea, and many were baptized in the waters of Sidon

and were joined to the church of God;

yea, they were baptized by the hand of Alma,

who had been consecrated the high priest over the people of the church,

by the hand of his father Alma.

Alma 4:5

And it came to pass in the seventh year of the reign of the judges

there were about three thousand five hundred souls

that united themselves to the church of God and were baptized.

And thus ended the seventh year

of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi;

and there was continual peace in all that time.