Unit 55

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7 occurrences in 7 verses

Alma 16:1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11

Alma 16:1

And it came to pass

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

on the fifth day of the second month,

there having been much peace in the land of Zarahemla,

there having been no wars nor contentions for a certain number of years,

even until the fifth day of the second month in the eleventh year,

there was a cry of war heard throughout the land.

Alma 16:3

And now it came to pass,

before the Nephites could raise a sufficient army to drive them out of the land,

they had destroyed the people who were in the city of Ammonihah,

and also some around the borders of Noah,

and taken others captive into the wilderness.

Alma 16:4

Now it came to pass that the Nephites were desirous to obtain those

who had been carried away captive into the wilderness.

Alma 16:6

And it came to pass that Alma inquired of the Lord concerning the matter.

And Alma returned and said unto them:

Behold, the Lamanites will cross the river Sidon in the south wilderness,

away up beyond the borders of the land of Manti.

And behold there shall ye meet them, on the east of the river Sidon,

and there the Lord will deliver unto thee thy brethren

who have been taken captive by the Lamanites.

Alma 16:7

And it came to pass that

Zoram and his sons crossed over the river Sidon, with their armies,

and marched away beyond the borders of Manti into the south wilderness,

which was on the east side of the river Sidon.

Alma 16:10

But behold, in one day it was left desolate;

and the carcases were mangled by dogs and wild beasts of the wilderness.

Alma 16:11

Nevertheless, after many days

their dead bodies were heaped up upon the face of the earth,

and they were covered with a shallow covering.

And now so great was the scent thereof

that the people did not go in to possess the land of Ammonihah for many years.

And it was called Desolation of Nehors;

for they were of the profession of Nehor, who were slain;

and their lands remained desolate.