Unit 70

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82 occurrences in 52 verses

Alma 56:9, 10, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 47, 49, 54, 56,

Alma 57:4, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34,

Alma 58:4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30

Alma 56:9

But behold, here is one thing in which we may have great joy.

For behold, in the twenty and sixth year,

I, Helaman, did march at the head of these two thousand young men

to the city of Judea, to assist Antipus,

whom ye had appointed a leader over the people of that part of the land.

Alma 56:10

And I did join my two thousand sons,

(for they are worthy to be called sons)

to the army of Antipus,

in which strength Antipus did rejoice exceedingly;

for behold, his army had been reduced by the Lamanites

because their forces had slain a vast number of our men,

for which cause we have to mourn.

Alma 56:32

And it came to pass that we did march forth,

as if with our provisions, to go to that city.

Alma 56:33

And it came to pass that Antipus did march forth with a part of his army,

leaving the remainder to maintain the city.

But he did not march forth

until I had gone forth with my little army, and came near the city Antiparah.

Alma 56:36

And it came to pass that we did flee before them, northward.

And thus we did lead away the most powerful army of the Lamanites;

Alma 56:37

Yea, even to a considerable distance,

insomuch that when they saw the army of Antipus pursuing them, with their might,

they did not turn to the right nor to the left,

but pursued their march in a straight course after us;

and, as we suppose, it was their intent to slay us

before Antipus should overtake them,

and this that they might not be surrounded by our people.

Alma 56:38

And now Antipus, beholding our danger,

did speed the march of his army.

But behold, it was night;

therefore they did not overtake us,

neither did Antipus overtake them;

therefore we did camp for the night.

Alma 56:39

And it came to pass that before the dawn of the morning,

behold, the Lamanites were pursuing us.

Now we were not sufficiently strong to contend with them;

yea, I would not suffer that my little sons should fall into their hands;

therefore we did continue our march,

and we took our march into the wilderness.

Alma 56:40

Now they durst not turn to the right nor to the left lest they should be surrounded;

neither would I turn to the right nor to the left lest they should overtake me,

and we could not stand against them, but be slain,

and they would make their escape;

and thus we did flee all that day into the wilderness,

even until it was dark.

Alma 56:41

And it came to pass that again, when the light of the morning came

we saw the Lamanites upon us,

and we did flee before them.

Alma 56:42

But it came to pass that they did not pursue us far before they halted;

and it was in the morning of the third day of the seventh month.

Alma 56:47

Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death;

and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers

than they did upon their lives;

yea, they had been taught by their mothers,

that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them.

Alma 56:49

And it came to pass that I did return with my two thousand

against these Lamanites who had pursued us.

And now behold, the armies of Antipus had overtaken them,

and a terrible battle had commenced.

Alma 56:54

And now it came to pass that we, the people of Nephi,

the people of Antipus, and I with my two thousand,

did surround the Lamanites, and did slay them;

yea, insomuch that they were compelled to deliver up their weapons of war

and also themselves as prisoners of war.

Alma 56:56

But behold, to my great joy, there had not one soul of them fallen to the earth;

yea, and they had fought as if with the strength of God;

yea, never were men known to have fought with such miraculous strength;

and with such mighty power did they fall upon the Lamanites,

that they did frighten them;

and for this cause did the Lamanites deliver themselves up as prisoners of war.

Alma 57:4

But the people of Antiparah did leave the city,

and fled to their other cities, which they had possession of, to fortify them;

and thus the city of Antiparah fell into our hands.

Alma 57:8

And now behold, I will show unto you that we soon accomplished our desire;

yea, with our strong force, or with a part of our strong force,

we did surround, by night, the city Cumeni,

a little before they were to receive a supply of provisions.

Alma 57:9

And it came to pass that we did camp round about the city for many nights;

but we did sleep upon our swords, and keep guards,

that the Lamanites could not come upon us by night and slay us,

which they attempted many times;

but as many times as they attempted this their blood was spilt.

Alma 57:10

At length their provisions did arrive,

and they were about to enter the city by night.

And we, instead of being Lamanites, were Nephites;

therefore, we did take them and their provisions.

Alma 57:14

For behold, they would break out in great numbers,

and would fight with stones, and with clubs,

or whatsoever thing they could get into their hands,

insomuch that we did slay upwards of two thousand of them

after they had surrendered themselves prisoners of war.

Alma 57:16

And now, in those critical circumstances,

it became a very serious matter to determine concerning these prisoners of war;

nevertheless, we did resolve to send them down to the land of Zarahemla;

therefore we selected a part of our men, and gave them charge over our prisoners

to go down to the land of Zarahemla.

Alma 57:17

But it came to pass that on the morrow they did return.

And now behold, we did not inquire of them concerning the prisoners;

for behold, the Lamanites were upon us,

and they returned in season to save us from falling into their hands.

For behold, Ammoron had sent to their support a new supply of provisions

and also a numerous army of men.

Alma 57:18

And it came to pass that those men whom we sent with the prisoners

did arrive in season to check them, as they were about to overpower us.

Alma 57:19

But behold, my little band of two thousand and sixty fought most desperately;

yea, they were firm before the Lamanites,

and did administer death unto all those who opposed them.

Alma 57:21

Yea, and they did obey and observe to perform

every word of command with exactness;

yea, and even according to their faith it was done unto them;

and I did remember the words which they said unto me

that their mothers had taught them.

Alma 57:22

And now behold, it was these my sons,

and those men who had been selected to convey the prisoners,

to whom we owe this great victory;

for it was they who did beat the Lamanites;

therefore they were driven back to the city of Manti.

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 57:28

And now it came to pass that after we had thus taken care of our wounded men,

and had buried our dead and also the dead of the Lamanites, who were many,

behold, we did inquire of Gid concerning the prisoners

whom they had started to go down to the land of Zarahemla with.

Alma 57:30

And now, these are the words which Gid said unto me:

Behold, we did start to go down to the land of Zarahemla with our prisoners.

And it came to pass that we did meet the spies of our armies,

who had been sent out to watch the camp of the Lamanites.

Alma 57:32

And it came to pass that our prisoners did hear their cries,

which caused them to take courage;

and they did rise up in rebellion against us.

Alma 57:33

And it came to pass because of their rebellion

we did cause that our swords should come upon them.

And it came to pass that they did in a body run upon our swords,

in the which, the greater number of them were slain;

and the remainder of them broke through and fled from us.

Alma 57:34

And behold, when they had fled and we could not overtake them,

we took our march with speed towards the city Cumeni;

and behold, we did arrive in time

that we might assist our brethren in preserving the city.

Alma 58:4

And it came to pass that

I thus did send an embassy to the governor of our land,

to acquaint him concerning the affairs of our people.

And it came to pass that we did wait

to receive provisions and strength from the land of Zarahemla.

Alma 58:5

But behold, this did profit us but little;

for the Lamanites were also receiving great strength from day to day,

and also many provisions;

and thus were our circumstances at this period of time.

Alma 58:7

And it came to pass that we did wait in these difficult circumstances

for the space of many months,

even until we were about to perish for the want of food.

Alma 58:8

But it came to pass that we did receive food,

which was guarded to us by an army of two thousand men to our assistance;

and this is all the assistance which we did receive,

to defend ourselves and our country

from falling into the hands of our enemies,

yea, to contend with an enemy which was innumerable.

Alma 58:9

And now the cause of these our embarrassments,

or the cause why they did not send more strength unto us, we knew not;

therefore we were grieved and also filled with fear,

lest by any means the judgments of God should come upon our land,

to our overthrow and utter destruction.

Alma 58:10

Therefore we did pour out our souls in prayer to God,

that he would strengthen us and deliver us out of the hands of our enemies,

yea, and also give us strength

that we might retain our cities, and our lands, and our possessions,

for the support of our people.

Alma 58:11

Yea, and it came to pass that

the Lord our God did visit us with assurances

that he would deliver us;

yea, insomuch that he did speak peace to our souls,

and did grant unto us great faith,

and did cause us that we should hope for our deliverance in him.

Alma 58:12

And we did take courage with our small force which we had received,

and were fixed with a determination to conquer our enemies,

and to maintain our lands, and our possessions,

and our wives, and our children, and the cause of our liberty.

Alma 58:13

And thus we did go forth with all our might against the Lamanites,

who were in the city of Manti;

and we did pitch our tents by the wilderness side, which was near to the city.

Alma 58:18

And it came to pass that

the Lamanites did come out with their numerous army against us.

And when they had come and were about to fall upon us with the sword,

I caused that my men, those who were with me, should retreat into the wilderness.

Alma 58:19

And it came to pass that the Lamanites did follow after us with great speed,

for they were exceedingly desirous to overtake us that they might slay us;

therefore they did follow us into the wilderness;

and we did pass by in the midst of Gid and Teomner,

insomuch that they were not discovered by the Lamanites.

Alma 58:20

And it came to pass that when the Lamanites had passed by,

or when the army had passed by,

Gid and Teomner did rise up from their secret places,

and did cut off the spies of the Lamanites

that they should not return to the city.

Alma 58:21

And it came to pass that when they had cut them off,

they ran to the city and fell upon the guards who were left to guard the city,

insomuch that they did destroy them and did take possession of the city.

Alma 58:22

Now this was done because the Lamanites did suffer

their whole army, save a few guards only,

to be led away into the wilderness.

Alma 58:25

And behold, it was night and they did pitch their tents,

for the chief captains of the Lamanites had supposed

that the Nephites were weary because of their march;

and supposing that they had driven their whole army

therefore they took no thought concerning the city of Manti.

Alma 58:27

And because of this our march in the night-time,

behold, on the morrow we were beyond the Lamanites,

insomuch that we did arrive before them at the city of Manti.

Alma 58:28

And thus it came to pass, that by this stratagem

we did take possession of the city of Manti without the shedding of blood.

Alma 58:29

And it came to pass that

when the armies of the Lamanites did arrive near the city,

and saw that we were prepared to meet them,

they were astonished exceedingly and struck with great fear,

insomuch that they did flee into the wilderness.

Alma 58:30

Yea, and it came to pass that

the armies of the Lamanites did flee out of all this quarter of the land.

But behold, they have carried with them many women and children out of the land.