Unit 65

behold

42 occurrences in 36 verses



Alma 45:1, 9, 10, 13, 19, 21,

Alma 46:2, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26,

Alma 47:1, 4, 8, 9, 22, 24, 26,

Alma 48:17, 18, 19,

Alma 49:2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22



Alma 45:1

behold, now it came to pass that the people of Nephi were exceedingly rejoiced,

because the Lord had again delivered them out of the hands of their enemies;

therefore they gave thanks unto the Lord their God;

yea, and they did fast much and pray much,

and they did worship God with exceedingly great joy.



Alma 45:9

But behold, I have somewhat to prophesy unto thee;

but what I prophesy unto thee ye shall not make known;

yea, what I prophesy unto thee shall not be made known,

even until the prophecy is fulfilled;

therefore write the words which I shall say.



Alma 45:10

And these are the words:

behold, I perceive that this very people, the Nephites,

according to the spirit of revelation which is in me,

in four hundred years from the time

that Jesus Christ shall manifest himself unto them,

shall dwindle in unbelief.



Alma 45:13

And when that great day cometh,

behold, the time very soon cometh

that those who are now,

or the seed of those who are now numbered among the people of Nephi,

shall no more be numbered among the people of Nephi.



Alma 45:19

behold, this we know, that he was a righteous man;

and the saying went abroad in the church

that he was taken up by the Spirit,

or buried by the hand of the Lord, even as Moses.

But behold, the scriptures saith the Lord took Moses unto himself;

and we suppose that he has also received Alma in the spirit, unto himself;

therefore, for this cause we know nothing concerning his death and burial.



Alma 45:21

For behold, because of their wars with the Lamanites

and the many little dissensions and disturbances

which had been among the people,

it became expedient that the word of God should be declared among them,

yea, and that a regulation should be made throughout the church.



Alma 46:2

And now behold, they were exceedingly wroth,

insomuch that they were determined to slay them.



Alma 46:20

behold, whosoever will maintain this title upon the land,

let them come forth in the strength of the Lord,

and enter into a covenant

that they will maintain their rights, and their religion,

that the Lord God may bless them.



Alma 46:21

And it came to pass that when Moroni had proclaimed these words,

behold, the people came running together

with their armor girded about their loins,

rending their garments in token, or as a covenant,

that they would not forsake the Lord their God;

or, in other words, if they should transgress the commandments of God,

or fall into transgression,

and be ashamed to take upon them the name of Christ,

the Lord should rend them even as they had rent their garments.



Alma 46:23

Moroni said unto them:

behold, we are a remnant of the seed of Jacob;

yea, we are a remnant of the seed of Joseph,

whose coat was rent by his brethren into many pieces;

yea, and now behold, let us remember to keep the commandments of God,

or our garments shall be rent by our brethren,

and we be cast into prison, or be sold, or be slain.



Alma 46:24

Yea, let us preserve our liberty as a remnant of Joseph;

yea, let us remember the words of Jacob, before his death,

for behold, he saw that a part of the remnant of the coat of Joseph

was preserved and had not decayed.

And he said —

Even as this remnant of garment of my son hath been preserved,

so shall a remnant of the seed of my son

be preserved by the hand of God, and be taken unto himself,

while the remainder of the seed of Joseph shall perish,

even as the remnant of his garment.



Alma 46:25

Now behold, this giveth my soul sorrow;

nevertheless, my soul hath joy in my son,

because of that part of his seed which shall be taken unto God.



Alma 46:26

Now behold, this was the language of Jacob.



Alma 47:1

Now we will return in our record to Amalickiah

and those who had fled with him into the wilderness;

for, behold, he had taken those who went with him,

and went up in the land of Nephi among the Lamanites,

and did stir up the Lamanites to anger against the people of Nephi,

insomuch that the king of the Lamanites sent a proclamation

throughout all his land, among all his people,

that they should gather themselves together again

to go to battle against the Nephites.



Alma 47:4

Now behold, this was the desire of Amalickiah;

for he being a very subtle man to do evil

therefore he laid the plan in his heart to dethrone the king of the Lamanites.



Alma 47:8

Now it was not Amalickiah's intention

to give them battle according to the commandments of the king;

but behold, it was his intention to gain favor with the armies of the Lamanites,

that he might place himself at their head

and dethrone the king and take possession of the kingdom.



Alma 47:9

And behold, it came to pass that

he caused his army to pitch their tents

in the valley which was near the mount Antipas.



Alma 47:22

But behold, as the king came out to meet him

Amalickiah caused that his servants should go forth to meet the king.

And they went and bowed themselves before the king,

as if to reverence him because of his greatness.



Alma 47:24

And it came to pass that when he had raised the first from the ground,

behold he stabbed the king to the heart; and he fell to the earth.



Alma 47:26

behold, the servants of the king have stabbed him to the heart,

and he has fallen and they have fled;

behold, come and see.



Alma 48:17

Yea, verily, verily I say unto you,

if all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto Moroni,

behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever;

yea, the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men.



Alma 48:18

behold, he was a man like unto Ammon, the son of Mosiah,

yea, and even the other sons of Mosiah,

yea, and also Alma and his sons,

for they were all men of God.



Alma 48:19

Now behold, Helaman and his brethren

were no less serviceable unto the people than was Moroni;

for they did preach the word of God,

and they did baptize unto repentance all men

whosoever would hearken unto their words.



Alma 49:2

And behold, the city had been rebuilt,

and Moroni had stationed an army by the borders of the city,

and they had cast up dirt round about

to shield them from the arrows and the stones of the Lamanites;

for behold, they fought with stones and with arrows.



Alma 49:3

behold, I said that the city of Ammonihah had been rebuilt.

I say unto you, yea, that it was in part rebuilt;

and because the Lamanites had destroyed it once

because of the iniquity of the people,

they supposed that it would again become an easy prey for them.



Alma 49:4

But behold, how great was their disappointment;

for behold, the Nephites had dug up a ridge of earth round about them,

which was so high that the Lamanites could not cast

their stones and their arrows at them that they might take effect,

neither could they come upon them

save it was by their place of entrance.



Alma 49:8

But behold, to their uttermost astonishment,

they were prepared for them, in a manner

which never had been known among the children of Lehi.

Now they were prepared for the Lamanites,

to battle after the manner of the instructions of Moroni.



Alma 49:10

Now, if king Amalickiah had come down out of the land of Nephi,

at the head of his army,

perhaps he would have caused

the Lamanites to have attacked the Nephites at the city of Ammonihah;

for behold, he did care not for the blood of his people.



Alma 49:11

But behold, Amalickiah did not come down himself to battle.

And behold, his chief captains durst not attack

the Nephites at the city of Ammonihah,

for Moroni had altered the management of affairs among the Nephites,

insomuch that the Lamanites were disappointed in their places of retreat

and they could not come upon them.



Alma 49:14

But behold, to their astonishment,

the city of Noah, which had hitherto been a weak place,

had now, by the means of Moroni, become strong,

yea, even to exceed the strength of the city Ammonihah.



Alma 49:15

And now, behold, this was wisdom in Moroni;

for he had supposed that they would be frightened at the city Ammonihah;

and as the city of Noah had hitherto been the weakest part of the land,

therefore they would march thither to battle;

and thus it was according to his desires.



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.



Alma 49:17

And now behold it came to pass, that

when the Lamanites had found that Lehi commanded the city

they were again disappointed,

for they feared Lehi exceedingly;

nevertheless their chief captains had sworn with an oath to attack the city;

therefore, they brought up their armies.



Alma 49:18

Now behold, the Lamanites could not get into their forts of security

by any other way save by the entrance,

because of the highness of the bank which had been thrown up,

and the depth of the ditch which had been dug round about,

save it were by the entrance.



Alma 49:21

And it came to pass that

the captains of the Lamanites brought up their armies

before the place of entrance,

and began to contend with the Nephites,

to get into their place of security;

but behold, they were driven back from time to time,

insomuch that they were slain with an immense slaughter.



Alma 49:22

Now when they found

that they could not obtain power over the Nephites by the pass,

they began to dig down their banks of earth

that they might obtain a pass to their armies,

that they might have an equal chance to fight;

but behold, in these attempts they were swept off

by the stones and arrows which were thrown at them;

and instead of filling up their ditches by pulling down the banks of earth,

they were filled up in a measure with their dead and wounded bodies.