Unit 65

to be

15 occurrences in 15 verses

Alma 46:4, 5, 8, 22, 35, 36,

Alma 47:6, 17, 19, 27,

Alma 48:5, 7, 23,

Alma 49:12, 16

Alma 46:4

And Amalickiah was desirous to be a king;

and those people who were wroth were also desirous

that he should be their king;

and they were the greater part of them the lower judges of the land,

and they were seeking for power.

Alma 46:5

And they had been led by the flatteries of Amalickiah,

that if they would support him and establish him to be their king

that he would make them rulers over the people.

Alma 46:8

Thus we see how quick the children of men do forget the Lord their God,

yea, how quick to do iniquity, and to be led away by the evil one.

Alma 46:22

Now this was the covenant which they made,

and they cast their garments at the feet of Moroni, saying:

We covenant with our God, that we shall be destroyed,

even as our brethren in the land northward,

if we shall fall into transgression;

yea, he may cast us at the feet of our enemies,

even as we have cast our garments at thy feet

to be trodden under foot, if we shall fall into transgression.

Alma 46:35

And it came to pass that whomsoever of the Amalickiahites

that would not enter into a covenant to support the cause of freedom,

that they might maintain a free government,

he caused to be put to death;

and there were but few who denied the covenant of freedom.

Alma 46:36

And it came to pass also, that he caused the title of liberty

to be hoisted upon every tower

which was in all the land, which was possessed by the Nephites;

and thus Moroni planted the standard of liberty among the Nephites.

Alma 47:6

And they had appointed a man to be a king and a leader over them,

being fixed in their minds with a determined resolution

that they would not be subjected to go against the Nephites.

Alma 47:17

Now it was the custom among the Lamanites,

if their chief leader was killed,

to appoint the second leader to be their chief leader.

Alma 47:19

Now, when Lehonti was dead,

the Lamanites appointed Amalickiah to be their leader and their chief commander.

Alma 47:27

And it came to pass that Amalickiah commanded

that his armies should march forth and see what had happened to the king;

and when they had come to the spot, and found the king lying in his gore,

Amalickiah pretended to be wroth, and said:

Whosoever loved the king, let him go forth, and pursue his servants

that they may be slain.

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 48:7

Now it came to pass that

while Amalickiah had thus been obtaining power by fraud and deceit,

Moroni, on the other hand, had been preparing the minds of the people

to be faithful unto the Lord their God.

Alma 48:23

Now, they were sorry to take up arms against the Lamanites,

because they did not delight in the shedding of blood;

yea, and this was not all —

they were sorry to be the means of sending so many of their brethren

out of this world into an eternal world, unprepared to meet their God.

Alma 49:12

Therefore they retreated into the wilderness,

and took their camp and marched towards the land of Noah,

supposing that to be the next best place for them to come against the Nephites.

Alma 49:16

And behold, Moroni had appointed Lehi

to be chief captain over the men of that city;

and it was that same Lehi who fought with the Lamanites

in the valley on the east of the river Sidon.