Unit 56

scattered

10 occurrences in 7 verses

Alma 17:27, 28,

Alma 18:6, 7, 20,

Alma 19:20, 21

Alma 17:27

Therefore, as Ammon and the servants of the king

were driving forth their flocks to this place of water,

behold, a certain number of the Lamanites,

who had been with their flocks to water,

stood and scattered the flocks of Ammon and the servants of the king,

and they scattered them insomuch that they fled many ways.

Alma 17:28

Now the servants of the king began to murmur, saying:

Now the king will slay us, as he has our brethren

because their flocks were scattered by the wickedness of these men.

And they began to weep exceedingly, saying:

Behold, our flocks are scattered already.

Alma 18:6

For he had slain many of them

because their brethren had scattered their flocks at the place of water;

and thus, because they had had their flocks scattered

they were slain.

Alma 18:7

Now it was the practice of these Lamanites

to stand by the waters of Sebus to scatter the flocks of the people,

that thereby they might drive away many that were scattered unto their own land,

it being a practice of plunder among them.

Alma 18:20

And the king said:

How knowest thou the thoughts of my heart?

Thou mayest speak boldly, and tell me concerning these things;

and also tell me by what power

ye slew and smote off the arms of my brethren that scattered my flocks —

Alma 19:20

But others rebuked them, saying:

The king hath brought this evil upon his house,

because he slew his servants

who had had their flocks scattered at the waters of Sebus.

Alma 19:21

And they were also rebuked by those men

who had stood at the waters of Sebus and scattered the flocks

which belonged to the king,

for they were angry with Ammon because of the number

which he had slain of their brethren at the waters of Sebus,

while defending the flocks of the king.