Unit 64
the Lamanites
45 occurrences in 36 verses
Alma 43:3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51,
Alma 44:17, 20, 21
Alma 43:3
And now I return to an account of the wars
between the Nephites and the Lamanites,
in the eighteenth year of the reign of the judges.
Alma 43:4
For behold, it came to pass that the Zoramites became Lamanites;
therefore, in the commencement of the eighteenth year
the people of the Nephites saw that the Lamanites were coming upon them;
therefore they made preparations for war;
yea, they gathered together their armies in the land of Jershon.
Alma 43:5
And it came to pass that the Lamanites came with their thousands;
and they came into the land of Antionum,
which is the land of the Zoramites;
and a man by the name of Zerahemnah was their leader.
Alma 43:6
And now, as the Amalekites were of a more wicked and murderous disposition
than the Lamanites were, in and of themselves,
therefore, Zerahemnah appointed chief captains over the Lamanites,
and they were all Amalekites and Zoramites.
Alma 43:8
For behold, his designs were to stir up the Lamanites to anger against the Nephites;
this he did that he might usurp great power over them,
and also that he might gain power over the Nephites
by bringing them into bondage.
Alma 43:10
For they knew that if they should fall into the hands of the Lamanites,
that whosoever should worship God in spirit and in truth,
the true and the living God,
the Lamanites would destroy.
Alma 43:11
Yea, and they also knew the extreme hatred of the Lamanites
towards their brethren, who were the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi,
who were called the people of Ammon —
and they would not take up arms,
yea, they had entered into a covenant and they would not break it —
therefore, if they should fall into the hands of the Lamanites
they would be destroyed.
Alma 43:13
And the people of Ammon did give unto the Nephites
a large portion of their substance to support their armies;
and thus the Nephites were compelled, alone, to withstand against the Lamanites,
who were a compound of Laman and Lemuel, and the sons of Ishmael,
and all those who had dissented from the Nephites,
who were Amalekites and Zoramites, and the descendants of the priests of Noah.
Alma 43:15
And it came to pass as the armies of the Lamanites
had gathered together in the land of Antionum,
behold, the armies of the Nephites were prepared
to meet them in the land of Jershon.
Alma 43:18
And it came to pass that he met the Lamanites in the borders of Jershon,
and his people were armed with swords,
and with cimeters, and all manner of weapons of war.
Alma 43:19
And when the armies of the Lamanites saw
that the people of Nephi,
or that Moroni, had prepared his people with breastplates and with arm-shields,
yea, and also shields to defend their heads,
and also they were dressed with thick clothing —
Alma 43:23
But it came to pass, as soon as they had departed into the wilderness
Moroni sent spies into the wilderness to watch their camp;
and Moroni, also, knowing of the prophecies of Alma, sent certain men unto him,
desiring him that he should inquire of the Lord
whither the armies of the Nephites should go
to defend themselves against the Lamanites.
Alma 43:24
And it came to pass that the word of the Lord came unto Alma,
and Alma informed the messengers of Moroni,
that the armies of the Lamanites were marching round about in the wilderness,
that they might come over into the land of Manti,
that they might commence an attack upon the weaker part of the people.
And those messengers went and delivered the message unto Moroni.
Alma 43:25
Now Moroni, leaving a part of his army in the land of Jershon,
lest by any means a part of the Lamanites should come into that land
and take possession of the city,
took the remaining part of his army
and marched over into the land of Manti.
Alma 43:26
And he caused that all the people in that quarter of the land
should gather themselves together to battle against the Lamanites,
to defend their lands and their country, their rights and their liberties;
therefore they were prepared against the time of the coming of the Lamanites.
Alma 43:28
And Moroni placed spies round about,
that he might know when the camp of the Lamanites should come.
Alma 43:29
And now, as Moroni knew the intention of the Lamanites,
that it was their intention to destroy their brethren,
or to subject them and bring them into bondage
that they might establish a kingdom unto themselves over all the land;
Alma 43:30
And he also knowing that it was the only desire of the Nephites
to preserve their lands, and their liberty, and their church,
therefore he thought it no sin that he should defend them by stratagem;
therefore, he found by his spies which course the Lamanites were to take.
Alma 43:34
And it came to pass that the Lamanites came up on the north of the hill,
where a part of the army of Moroni was concealed.
Alma 43:35
And as the Lamanites had passed the hill Riplah,
and came into the valley, and began to cross the river Sidon,
the army which was concealed on the south of the hill,
which was led by a man whose name was Lehi,
and he led his army forth
and encircled the Lamanites about on the east in their rear.
Alma 43:36
And it came to pass that the Lamanites,
when they saw the Nephites coming upon them in their rear,
turned them about and began to contend with the army of Lehi.
Alma 43:37
And the work of death commenced on both sides,
but it was more dreadful on the part of the Lamanites,
for their nakedness was exposed to the heavy blows of the Nephites
with their swords and their cimeters,
which brought death almost at every stroke.
Alma 43:38
While on the other hand,
there was now and then a man fell among the Nephites,
by their swords and the loss of blood,
they being shielded from the more vital parts of the body,
or the more vital parts of the body being shielded
from the strokes of the Lamanites,
by their breastplates, and their armshields, and their head-plates;
and thus the Nephites did carry on the work of death among the Lamanites.
Alma 43:39
And it came to pass that the Lamanites became frightened,
because of the great destruction among them,
even until they began to flee towards the river Sidon.
Alma 43:41
And it came to pass that
Moroni and his army met the Lamanites in the valley,
on the other side of the river Sidon,
and began to fall upon them and to slay them.
Alma 43:42
And the Lamanites did flee again before them, towards the land of Manti;
and they were met again by the armies of Moroni.
Alma 43:43
Now in this case the Lamanites did fight exceedingly;
yea, never had the Lamanites been known
to fight with such exceedingly great strength and courage,
no, not even from the beginning.
Alma 43:44
And they were inspired by the Zoramites and the Amalekites,
who were their chief captains and leaders,
and by Zerahemnah,
who was their chief captain, or their chief leader and commander;
yea, they did fight like dragons,
and many of the Nephites were slain by their hands,
yea, for they did smite in two many of their head-plates,
and they did pierce many of their breastplates,
and they did smite off many of their arms;
and thus the Lamanites did smite in their fierce anger.
Alma 43:47
And again, the Lord has said
that: Ye shall defend your families even unto bloodshed.
Therefore for this cause were the Nephites contending with the Lamanites,
to defend themselves, and their families, and their lands,
their country, and their rights, and their religion.
Alma 43:48
And it came to pass that
when the men of Moroni saw the fierceness and the anger of the Lamanites,
they were about to shrink and flee from them.
And Moroni, perceiving their intent,
sent forth and inspired their hearts with these thoughts —
yea, the thoughts of their lands, their liberty,
yea, their freedom from bondage.
Alma 43:49
And it came to pass that they turned upon the Lamanites,
and they cried with one voice unto the Lord their God,
for their liberty and their freedom from bondage.
Alma 43:50
And they began to stand against the Lamanites with power;
and in that selfsame hour that they cried unto the Lord for their freedom,
the Lamanites began to flee before them;
and they fled even to the waters of Sidon.
Alma 43:51
Now, the Lamanites were more numerous,
yea, by more than double the number of the Nephites;
nevertheless, they were driven
insomuch that they were gathered together in one body in the valley,
upon the bank by the river Sidon.
Alma 44:17
And now Moroni was angry, because of the stubbornness of the Lamanites;
therefore he commanded his people
that they should fall upon them and slay them.
And it came to pass that they began to slay them;
yea, and the Lamanites did contend with their swords and their might.
Alma 44:20
And it came to pass that Moroni caused
that the work of death should cease again among the people.
And he took the weapons of war from the Lamanites;
and after they had entered into a covenant with him of peace
they were suffered to depart into the wilderness.
Alma 44:21
Now the number of their dead was not numbered
because of the greatness of the number;
yea, the number of their dead was exceedingly great,
both on the Nephites and on the Lamanites.
