Unit 75

the Nephites

14 occurrences in 10 verses

Helaman 1:1, 15, 16, 17, 19, 22, 25, 31, 32,

Helaman 2:1

Helaman 1:1

And now behold, it came to pass in the commencement of the fortieth year

of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi,

there began to be a serious difficulty among the people of the Nephites.

Helaman 1:15

And they came down again that they might pitch battle against the Nephites.

And they were led by a man whose name was Coriantumr;

and he was a descendant of Zarahemla;

and he was a dissenter from among the Nephites;

and he was a large and a mighty man.

Helaman 1:16

Therefore, the king of the Lamanites,

whose name was Tubaloth, who was the son of Ammoron,

supposing that Coriantumr,

being a mighty man,

could stand against the Nephites,

with his strength and also with his great wisdom,

insomuch that by sending him forth he should gain power over the Nephites—

Helaman 1:17

Therefore he did stir them up to anger,

and he did gather together his armies,

and he did appoint Coriantumr to be their leader,

and did cause that they should march down to the land of Zarahemla

to battle against the Nephites.

Helaman 1:19

But it came to pass that Coriantumr did march forth

at the head of his numerous host, and came upon the inhabitants of the city,

and their march was with such exceedingly great speed

that there was no time for the Nephites to gather together their armies.

Helaman 1:22

And now when Coriantumr saw

that he was in possession of the city of Zarahemla,

and saw that the Nephites had fled before them, and were slain,

and were taken, and were cast into prison,

and that he had obtained the possession of the strongest hold in all the land,

his heart took courage

insomuch that he was about to go forth against all the land.

Helaman 1:25

But behold, this march of Coriantumr through the center of the land

gave Moronihah great advantage over them,

notwithstanding the greatness of the number of the Nephites who were slain.

Helaman 1:31

And now, behold, the Lamanites could not retreat either way,

neither on the north, nor on the south, nor on the east, nor on the west,

for they were surrounded on every hand by the Nephites.

Helaman 1:32

And thus had Coriantumr plunged the Lamanites into the midst of the Nephites,

insomuch that they were in the power of the Nephites,

and he himself was slain,

and the Lamanites did yield themselves into the hands of the Nephites.

Helaman 2:1

And it came to pass in the forty and second year of the reign of the judges,

after Moronihah had established again peace

between the Nephites and the Lamanites,

behold there was no one to fill the judgment–seat;

therefore there began to be a contention again among the people

concerning who should fill the judgment–seat.