Unit 64

the Nephites were

5 occurrences in 5 verses



Alma 43:13, 14, 15, 44, 45



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 43:14

Now those descendants were as numerous, nearly, as were the Nephites;

and thus the Nephites were obliged to contend with their brethren,

even unto bloodshed.



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 43:44

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 43:45

Nevertheless, the Nephites were inspired by a better cause,

for they were not fighting for monarchy nor power

but they were fighting for their homes and their liberties,

their wives and their children, and their all,

yea, for their rites of worship and their church.