Unit 65

of the Nephites

9 occurrences in 9 verses

Alma 46:11, 34,

Alma 47:35, 36,

Alma 48:5, 8, 25,

Alma 49:5, 23

Alma 46:11

And now it came to pass that when Moroni,

who was the chief commander of the armies of the Nephites,

had heard of these dissensions,

he was angry with Amalickiah.

Alma 46:34

Now, Moroni being a man

who was appointed by the chief judges and the voice of the people,

therefore he had power according to his will

with the armies of the Nephites,

to establish and to exercise authority over them.

Alma 47:35

And it came to pass that

Amalickiah sought the favor of the queen, and took her unto him to wife;

and thus by his fraud, and by the assistance of his cunning servants,

he obtained the kingdom;

yea, he was acknowledged king throughout all the land,

among all the people of the Lamanites,

who were composed of the Lamanites and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites,

and all the dissenters of the Nephites,

from the reign of Nephi down to the present time.

Alma 47:36

Now these dissenters,

having the same instruction and the same information of the Nephites,

yea, having been instructed in the same knowledge of the Lord,

nevertheless, it is strange to relate,

not long after their dissensions

they became more hardened and impenitent,

and more wild, wicked and ferocious than the Lamanites —

drinking in with the traditions of the Lamanites;

giving way to indolence, and all manner of lasciviousness;

yea, entirely forgetting the Lord their God.

Alma 48:5

And thus he did appoint chief captains of the Zoramites,

they being the most acquainted with the strength of the Nephites,

and their places of resort, and the weakest parts of their cities;

therefore he appointed them to be chief captains over his armies.

Alma 48:8

Yea, he had been strengthening the armies of the Nephites,

and erecting small forts, or places of resort;

throwing up banks of earth round about to enclose his armies,

and also building walls of stone to encircle them about,

round about their cities and the borders of their lands;

yea, all round about the land.

Alma 48:25

Yea, they could not bear

that their brethren should rejoice over the blood of the Nephites,

so long as there were any who should keep the commandments of God,

for the promise of the Lord was,

if they should keep his commandments

they should prosper in the land.

Alma 49:5

Now at this time the chief captains of the Lamanites were astonished exceedingly,

because of the wisdom of the Nephites in preparing their places of security.

Alma 49:23

Thus the Nephites had all power over their enemies;

and thus the Lamanites did attempt to destroy the Nephites

until their chief captains were all slain;

yea, and more than a thousand of the Lamanites were slain;

while, on the other hand,

there was not a single soul of the Nephites which was slain.