Unit 70
there was
6 occurrences in 5 verses
Alma 56:27,
Alma 57:25, 26,
Alma 58:1, 24
Alma 56:27
And now it came to pass in the second month of this year,
there was brought unto us many provisions
from the fathers of those my two thousand sons.
Alma 57:25
And it came to pass that
there were two hundred, out of my two thousand and sixty,
who had fainted because of the loss of blood;
nevertheless, according to the goodness of God,
and to our great astonishment, and also the joy of our whole army,
there was not one soul of them who did perish;
yea, and neither was there one soul among them
who had not received many wounds.
Alma 57:26
And now, their preservation was astonishing to our whole army,
yea, that they should be spared
while there was a thousand of our brethren who were slain.
And we do justly ascribe it to the miraculous power of God,
because of their exceeding faith in that which they had been taught to believe —
that there was a just God,
and whosoever did not doubt,
that they should be preserved by his marvelous power.
Alma 58:1
And behold, now it came to pass that
our next object was to obtain the city of Manti;
but behold, there was no way
that we could lead them out of the city by our small bands.
For behold, they remembered that which we had hitherto done;
therefore we could not decoy them away from their strongholds.
Alma 58:24
And when the Lamanites saw that they were marching
towards the land of Zarahemla,
they were exceedingly afraid,
lest there was a plan laid to lead them on to destruction;
therefore they began to retreat into the wilderness again,
yea, even back by the same way which they had come.