Unit 81
was
39 occurrences in 22 verses
3 Nephi 3:11, 12, 18, 19, 23, 24,
3 Nephi 4:2, 4, 5, 7, 11, 14, 17, 18, 28, 33,
3 Nephi 5:1, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12
3 Nephi 3:11
And now it came to pass when Lachoneus received this epistle
he was exceedingly astonished, because of the boldness of Giddianhi
demanding the possession of the land of the Nephites,
and also of threatening the people
and avenging the wrongs of those that had received no wrong,
save it were they had wronged themselves
by dissenting away unto those wicked and abominable robbers.
3 Nephi 3:12
Now behold, this Lachoneus, the governor, was a just man,
and could not be frightened by the demands and the threatenings of a robber;
therefore he did not hearken to the epistle of Giddianhi, the governor of the robbers,
but he did cause that his people should cry unto the Lord
for strength against the time that the robbers should come down against them.
3 Nephi 3:18
Now the chiefest among all the chief captains
and the great commander of all the armies of the Nephites was appointed,
and his name was Gidgiddoni.
3 Nephi 3:19
Now it was the custom among all the Nephites
to appoint for their chief captains, (save it were in their times of wickedness)
some one that had the spirit of revelation and also prophecy;
therefore, this Gidgiddoni was a great prophet among them,
as also was the chief judge.
3 Nephi 3:23
And the land which was appointed was the land of Zarahemla,
and the land which was between the land Zarahemla and the land Bountiful,
yea, to the line which was between the land Bountiful and the land Desolation.
3 Nephi 3:24
And there were a great many thousand people who were called Nephites,
who did gather themselves together in this land.
Now Lachoneus did cause
that they should gather themselves together in the land southward,
because of the great curse which was upon the land northward.
3 Nephi 4:2
But behold, there were no wild beasts nor game in those lands
which had been deserted by the Nephites,
and there was no game for the robbers save it were in the wilderness.
3 Nephi 4:4
Therefore, there was no chance for the robbers to plunder and to obtain food,
save it were to come up in open battle against the Nephites;
and the Nephites being in one body,
and having so great a number,
and having reserved for themselves provisions,
and horses and cattle, and flocks of every kind,
that they might subsist for the space of seven years,
in the which time they did hope
to destroy the robbers from off the face of the land;
and thus the eighteenth year did pass away.
3 Nephi 4:5
And it came to pass that in the nineteenth year
Giddianhi found that it was expedient
that he should go up to battle against the Nephites,
for there was no way that they could subsist
save it were to plunder and rob and murder.
3 Nephi 4:7
And it came to pass that they did come up to battle;
and it was in the sixth month;
and behold, great and terrible was the day that they did come up to battle;
and they were girded about after the manner of robbers;
and they had a lamb-skin about their loins,
and they were dyed in blood,
and their heads were shorn,
and they had head-plates upon them;
and great and terrible was the appearance of the armies of Giddianhi,
because of their armor, and because of their being dyed in blood.
3 Nephi 4:11
And the battle commenced in this the sixth month;
and great and terrible was the battle thereof,
yea, great and terrible was the slaughter thereof,
insomuch that there never was known so great a slaughter
among all the people of Lehi since he left Jerusalem.
3 Nephi 4:14
And it came to pass that Giddianhi,
who had stood and fought with boldness,
was pursued as he fled;
and being weary because of his much fighting
he was overtaken and slain.
And thus was the end of Giddianhi the robber.
3 Nephi 4:17
Now they had appointed unto themselves another leader,
whose name was Zemnarihah;
therefore it was Zemnarihah that did cause that this siege should take place.
3 Nephi 4:18
But behold, this was an advantage to the Nephites;
for it was impossible for the robbers to lay siege sufficiently long
to have any effect upon the Nephites,
because of their much provision which they had laid up in store,
3 Nephi 4:28
And their leader, Zemnarihah, was taken and hanged upon a tree,
yea, even upon the top thereof until he was dead.
And when they had hanged him until he was dead
they did fell the tree to the earth,
and did cry with a loud voice, saying:
3 Nephi 4:33
And their hearts were swollen with joy,
unto the gushing out of many tears,
because of the great goodness of God
in delivering them out of the hands of their enemies;
and they knew it was because of their repentance and their humility
that they had been delivered from an everlasting destruction.
3 Nephi 5:1
And now behold, there was not a living soul among all the people of the Nephites
who did doubt in the least
the words of all the holy prophets who had spoken;
for they knew that it must needs be that they must be fulfilled.
3 Nephi 5:6
And thus they did put an end
to all those wicked, and secret, and abominable combinations,
in the which there was so much wickedness, and so many murders committed.
3 Nephi 5:8
And there had many things transpired
which, in the eyes of some, would be great and marvelous;
nevertheless, they cannot all be written in this book;
yea, this book cannot contain even a hundredth part of what was done
among so many people in the space of twenty and five years;
3 Nephi 5:9
But behold there are records which do contain all the proceedings of this people;
and a shorter but true account was given by Nephi.
3 Nephi 5:10
Therefore I have made my record of these things
according to the record of Nephi,
which was engraven on the plates which were called the plates of Nephi.
3 Nephi 5:12
And behold, I am called Mormon,
being called after the land of Mormon,
the land in which Alma did establish the church among the people,
yea, the first church which was established among them after their transgression.
