Unit 55

the people

14 occurrences in 11 verses

Alma 16:1, 2, 3, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 20, 21

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 16:2

For behold, the armies of the Lamanites had come in upon the wilderness side,

into the borders of the land, even into the city of Ammonihah,

and began to slay the people and destroy the city.

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 16:9

And thus ended the eleventh year of the judges,

the Lamanites having been driven out of the land,

and the people of Ammonihah were destroyed;

yea, every living soul of the Ammonihahites was destroyed,

and also their great city,

which they said God could not destroy, because of its greatness.

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.

Alma 16:12

And the Lamanites did not come again to war against the Nephites

until the fourteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.

And thus for three years did the people of Nephi

have continual peace in all the land.

Alma 16:13

And Alma and Amulek went forth preaching repentance to the people

in their temples, and in their sanctuaries, and also in their synagogues,

which were built after the manner of the Jews.

Alma 16:15

And thus did Alma and Amulek go forth,

and also many more who had been chosen for the work,

to preach the word throughout all the land.

And the establishment of the church became general throughout the land,

in all the region round about, among all the people of the Nephites.

Alma 16:18

Now those priests who did go forth among the people did preach

against all lyings, and deceivings, and envyings, and strifes, and malice, and revilings,

and stealing, robbing, plundering, murdering, committing adultery,

and all manner of lasciviousness,

crying that these things ought not so to be —

Alma 16:20

And many of the people did inquire

concerning the place where the Son of God should come;

and they were taught that he would appear unto them after his resurrection;

and this the people did hear with great joy and gladness.

Alma 16:21

And now after the church had been established throughout all the land —

having got the victory over the devil,

and the word of God being preached in its purity in all the land,

and the Lord pouring out his blessings upon the people —

thus ended the fourteenth year

of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.