Unit 70

of the

50 occurrences in 39 verses

Alma 56:1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 13, 19, 20, 22, 34, 36, 39, 41, 42, 50, 51, 52, 53, 57,

Alma 57:5, 6, 25, 28, 30, 31, 35, 36,

Alma 58:1, 3, 10, 20, 21, 25, 28, 29, 30, 35, 37, 39

Alma 56:1

And now it came to pass

in the commencement of the thirtieth year of the reign of the judges,

on the second day in the first month,

Moroni received an epistle from Helaman,

stating the affairs of the people in that quarter of the land.

Alma 56:2

And these are the words which he wrote, saying:

My dearly beloved brother, Moroni,

as well in the Lord as in the tribulations of our warfare;

behold, my beloved brother, I have somewhat to tell you

concerning our warfare in this part of the land.

Alma 56:3

Behold, two thousand of the sons of those men

whom Ammon brought down out of the land of Nephi —

now ye have known that these were descendants of Laman,

who was the eldest son of our father Lehi;

Alma 56:8

But I would not suffer them

that they should break this covenant which they had made,

supposing that God would strengthen us,

insomuch that we should not suffer more

because of the fulfilling the oath which they had taken.

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 56:13

And now these are the cities

of which the Lamanites have obtained possession

by the shedding of the blood of so many of our valiant men;

Alma 56:19

And thus were we favored of the Lord;

for had they come upon us in this our weakness

they might have perhaps destroyed our little army;

but thus were we preserved.

Alma 56:20

They were commanded by Ammoron

to maintain those cities which they had taken.

And thus ended the twenty and sixth year.

And in the commencement of the twenty and seventh year

we had prepared our city and ourselves for defence.

Alma 56:22

And it came to pass that we kept spies out round about,

to watch the movements of the Lamanites,

that they might not pass us by night nor by day

to make an attack upon our other cities which were on the northward.

Alma 56:34

And now, in the city Antiparah were stationed

the strongest army of the Lamanites;

yea, the most numerous.

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 56:39

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 56:41

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 56:50

The army of Antipus being weary,

because of their long march in so short a space of time,

were about to fall into the hands of the Lamanites;

and had I not returned with my two thousand

they would have obtained their purpose.

Alma 56:51

For Antipus had fallen by the sword, and many of his leaders,

because of their weariness, which was occasioned by the speed of their march —

therefore the men of Antipus,

being confused because of the fall of their leaders,

began to give way before the Lamanites.

Alma 56:52

And it came to pass that the Lamanites took courage, and began to pursue them;

and thus were the Lamanites pursuing them with great vigor

when Helaman came upon their rear with his two thousand,

and began to slay them exceedingly,

insomuch that the whole army of the Lamanites halted and turned upon Helaman.

Alma 56:53

Now when the people of Antipus saw that the Lamanites had turned them about,

they gathered together their men and came again upon the rear of the Lamanites.

Alma 56:57

And as we had no place for our prisoners,

that we could guard them to keep them from the armies of the Lamanites,

therefore we sent them to the land of Zarahemla,

and a part of those men who were not slain of Antipus, with them;

and the remainder I took and joined them to my stripling Ammonites,

and took our march back to the city of Judea.

Alma 57:5

And thus ended the twenty and eighth year of the reign of the judges.

Alma 57:6

And it came to pass that in the commencement of the twenty and ninth year,

we received a supply of provisions,

and also an addition to our army,

from the land of Zarahemla, and from the land round about,

to the number of six thousand men,

besides sixty of the sons of the Ammonites

who had come to join their brethren, my little band of two thousand.

And now behold, we were strong,

yea, and we had also plenty of provisions brought unto us.

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 57:28

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 57:31

And they cried unto us, saying —

Behold, the armies of the Lamanites are marching towards the city of Cumeni;

and behold, they will fall upon them,

yea, and will destroy our people.

Alma 57:35

And behold, we are again delivered out of the hands of our enemies.

And blessed is the name of our God;

for behold, it is he that has delivered us;

yea, that has done this great thing for us.

Alma 57:36

Now it came to pass that when I, Helaman, had heard these words of Gid,

I was filled with exceeding joy

because of the goodness of God in preserving us, that we might not all perish;

yea, and I trust that the souls of them who have been slain

have entered into the rest of their God.

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 58:3

Yea, and it became expedient

that we should employ our men to the maintaining those parts of the land

which we had regained of our possessions;

therefore it became expedient that we should wait,

that we might receive more strength from the land of Zarahemla

and also a new supply of provisions.

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 58:20

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 58:25

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 58:28

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.

Alma 58:35

Behold, we do not know but what ye are unsuccessful,

and ye have drawn away the forces into that quarter of the land;

if so, we do not desire to murmur.

Alma 58:37

But, behold, it mattereth not —

we trust God will deliver us, notwithstanding the weakness of our armies,

yea, and deliver us out of the hands of our enemies.

Alma 58:39

And those sons of the people of Ammon, of whom I have so highly spoken,

are with me in the city of Manti;

and the Lord had supported them,

yea, and kept them from falling by the sword,

insomuch that even one soul has not been slain.