Unit 95

the Nephites

12 occurrences in 9 verses

Mormon 1:8, 11,

Mormon 2:1, 2, 8, 10, 16,

Mormon 3:1, 9

Mormon 1:8

And it came to pass in this year there began to be a war between the Nephites,

who consisted of the Nephites and the Jacobites and the Josephites and the Zoramites;

and this war was between the Nephites, and the Lamanites

and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites.

Mormon 1:11

And it came to pass that the Nephites had gathered together a great number of men,

even to exceed the number of thirty thousand.

And it came to pass that they did have in this same year a number of battles,

in which the Nephites did beat the Lamanites and did slay many of them.

Mormon 2:1

And it came to pass in that same year

there began to be a war again between the Nephites and the Lamanites.

And notwithstanding I being young, was large in stature;

therefore the people of Nephi appointed me

that I should be their leader, or the leader of their armies.

Mormon 2:2

Therefore it came to pass that in my sixteenth year

I did go forth at the head of an army of the Nephites, against the Lamanites;

therefore three hundred and twenty and six years had passed away.

Mormon 2:8

But behold, the land was filled with robbers and with Lamanites;

and notwithstanding the great destruction which hung over my people,

they did not repent of their evil doings;

therefore there was blood and carnage spread throughout all the face of the land,

both on the part of the Nephites and also on the part of the Lamanites;

and it was one complete revolution throughout all the face of the land.

Mormon 2:10

And it came to pass that the Nephites began to repent of their iniquity,

and began to cry even as had been prophesied by Samuel the prophet;

for behold no man could keep that which was his own,

for the thieves, and the robbers, and the murderers,

and the magic art, and the witchcraft which was in the land.

Mormon 2:16

And it came to pass that in the three hundred and forty and fifth year

the Nephites did begin to flee before the Lamanites;

and they were pursued until they came even to the land of Jashon,

before it was possible to stop them in their retreat.

Mormon 3:1

And it came to pass that the Lamanites did not come to battle again

until ten years more had passed away.

And behold, I had employed my people, the Nephites,

in preparing their lands and their arms against the time of battle.

Mormon 3:9

And now, because of this great thing

which my people, the Nephites, had done,

they began to boast in their own strength,

and began to swear before the heavens

that they would avenge themselves of the blood of their brethren

who had been slain by their enemies.