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Mosiah 10
King Laman dies—His people are wild and ferocious and believe in false traditions—Zeniff and his people prevail against them. About 187–160 B.C.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
we
again
began
to
establish
the
kingdom
and
we
again
began
to
possess
the
land
in
peace.
And
I
caused
that
there
should
be
a
weapons
of
war
made
of
every
kind,
that
thereby
I
might
have
weapons
for
my
people
against
the
time
the
Lamanites
should
come
up
again
to
war
against
my
people.
2 And
I
set
guards
round
about
the
land,
that
the
Lamanites
might
not
come
upon
us
again
unawares
and
destroy
us;
and
thus
I
did
guard
my
people
and
my
flocks,
and
keep
them
from
falling
into
the
hands
of
our
enemies.
3 And
it
came
to
pass
that
we
did
inherit
the
land
of
our
fathers
for
many
years,
yea,
for
the
space
of
twenty
and
two
years.
4 And
I
did
cause
that
the
men
should
till
the
ground,
and
raise
all
manner
of
a
grain
and
all
manner
of
fruit
of
every
kind.
5 And
I
did
cause
that
the
women
should
spin,
and
toil,
and
work,
and
work
all
manner
of
fine
linen,
yea,
and
a
cloth
of
every
kind,
that
we
might
clothe
our
nakedness;
and
thus
we
did
prosper
in
the
land—thus
we
did
have
continual
peace
in
the
land
for
the
space
of
twenty
and
two
years.
6 And
it
came
to
pass
that
king
a
Laman
died,
and
his
son
began
to
reign
in
his
stead.
And
he
began
to
stir
his
people
up
in
rebellion
against
my
people;
therefore
they
began
to
prepare
for
war,
and
to
come
up
to
battle
against
my
people.
7 But
I
had
sent
my
spies
out
round
about
the
land
of
a
Shemlon,
that
I
might
discover
their
preparations,
that
I
might
guard
against
them,
that
they
might
not
come
upon
my
people
and
destroy
them.
8 And
it
came
to
pass
that
they
came
up
upon
the
north
of
the
land
of
Shilom,
with
their
numerous
hosts,
men
a
armed
with
b
bows,
and
with
arrows,
and
with
swords,
and
with
cimeters,
and
with
stones,
and
with
slings;
and
they
had
their
heads
shaved
that
they
were
naked;
and
they
were
girded
with
a
leathern
girdle
about
their
loins.
9 And
it
came
to
pass
that
I
caused
that
the
women
and
children
of
my
people
should
be
hid
in
the
wilderness;
and
I
also
caused
that
all
my
old
men
that
could
bear
arms,
and
also
all
my
young
men
that
were
able
to
bear
arms,
should
gather
themselves
together
to
go
to
battle
against
the
Lamanites;
and
I
did
place
them
in
their
ranks,
every
man
according
to
his
age.
10 And
it
came
to
pass
that
we
did
go
up
to
battle
against
the
Lamanites;
and
I,
even
I,
in
my
old
age,
did
go
up
to
battle
against
the
Lamanites.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
we
did
go
up
in
the
a
strength
of
the
Lord
to
battle.
11 Now,
the
Lamanites
knew
nothing
concerning
the
Lord,
nor
the
strength
of
the
Lord,
therefore
they
depended
upon
their
own
strength.
Yet
they
were
a
strong
people,
as
to
the
a
strength
of
men.
12 They
were
a
a
wild,
and
ferocious,
and
a
blood-thirsty
people,
believing
in
the
b
tradition
of
their
fathers,
which
is
this—Believing
that
they
were
driven
out
of
the
land
of
Jerusalem
because
of
the
iniquities
of
their
fathers,
and
that
they
were
c
wronged
in
the
wilderness
by
their
brethren,
and
they
were
also
wronged
while
crossing
the
sea;
13 And
again,
that
they
were
wronged
while
in
the
land
of
their
a
first
inheritance,
after
they
had
crossed
the
sea,
and
all
this
because
that
Nephi
was
more
faithful
in
keeping
the
commandments
of
the
Lord—therefore
b
he
was
favored
of
the
Lord,
for
the
Lord
heard
his
prayers
and
answered
them,
and
he
took
the
lead
of
their
journey
in
the
wilderness.
14 And
his
brethren
were
a
wroth
with
him
because
they
b
understood
not
the
dealings
of
the
Lord;
they
were
also
wroth
with
him
upon
the
waters
because
they
hardened
their
hearts
against
the
Lord.
15 And
again,
they
were
a
wroth
with
him
when
they
had
arrived
in
the
promised
land,
because
they
said
that
he
had
taken
the
b
ruling
of
the
people
out
of
their
hands;
and
they
sought
to
kill
him.
16 And
again,
they
were
wroth
with
him
because
he
departed
into
the
wilderness
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
him,
and
took
the
a
records
which
were
engraven
on
the
plates
of
brass,
for
they
said
that
he
b
robbed
them.
17 And
thus
they
have
taught
their
children
that
they
should
hate
them,
and
that
they
should
murder
them,
and
that
they
should
rob
and
plunder
them,
and
do
all
they
could
to
destroy
them;
therefore
they
have
an
eternal
hatred
towards
the
children
of
Nephi.
18 For
this
very
cause
has
king
Laman,
by
his
a
cunning,
and
lying
craftiness,
and
his
fair
promises,
deceived
me,
that
I
have
brought
this
my
people
up
into
this
land,
that
they
may
destroy
them;
yea,
and
we
have
suffered
these
many
years
in
the
land.
19 And
now
I,
Zeniff,
after
having
told
all
these
things
unto
my
people
concerning
the
Lamanites,
I
did
stimulate
them
to
go
to
battle
with
their
might,
putting
their
trust
in
the
Lord;
therefore,
we
did
contend
with
them,
face
to
face.
20 And
it
came
to
pass
that
we
did
drive
them
again
out
of
our
land;
and
we
slew
them
with
a
great
slaughter,
even
so
many
that
we
did
not
number
them.
21 And
it
came
to
pass
that
we
returned
again
to
our
own
land,
and
my
people
again
began
to
a
tend
their
flocks,
and
to
till
their
ground.
22 And
now
I,
being
old,
did
confer
the
kingdom
upon
one
of
my
sons;
therefore,
I
say
no
more.
And
may
the
Lord
a
bless
my
people.
Amen.
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