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Show B nies puc s any ana +} hy LnGY re ;> rye [Xx OG K >< © F : He not power of Adma and Amulek A I ; M A st thoir OO) cals tothe RGGK ’ o) il _ SIMs, Dévil: Moe bas cfs rise a mal i ali the for they were of the profession of Nehor, and did not believe in the repentance of iheir sins. teem wUi ABMA, all his gold, and his silver, and his precious things, Which was in the land of Ammonihah, for the word of God, he being rejected by those which were once his friends, and also hy his father and his kindred: therefore, after Alma having established the Church at Sidom. seeing that the people were seeing a great.check. checked as to the pride of their ship God before the altar, waiching and praying ca that they might be delivered from+Satan, and from death, and from destruction; Now-as I said, Alma having seen ail these things, therefore he took Amulek.and came-over to the land of Zarakemla, and took him to. his oven house, and did_admin- ister unto, him in his tribulations,. and strengthened him in the Lord. And thus ended the tenth year of the reign of the Judg- €s over-the people of Nephi, eee CHAPTER Now sons, Lehi and Ah: u:)}. and having heard that he had the spirit of prophecy, therefore dens whether the they went unto him ‘and desired of him to Lord would that they should go into the wilderness an. seargh oftheir. brethren, who had been taken captive by the Lamanites, And it came to pass that Alma inquired of the Lord concern- ing the matter.. And Alma returned and said unto them,. Behald the Lamanites will cross the river Sidon in the ae wilderness, away up beyond the Roeder of the land of Manti.— And behold there shall ye ancet them, onthe east of the river Sidon, and there the Lord will deliver unto thee thy br ethren which have been.taken captive by the Lamanites. ‘And it came to pass that Zoram and his sons eressed oyer ihe river Sidon, with their armies, and marched away. beyond the borders of Manti, into the.south wilderness, which was.on the east side.of the river Sidon... And they came upon the armes of the Lamanites, and the Lamanites were scattered and driven into the wilderness; and they took their bi ethren which Cos Ae: reign of the dudges over the people of Nephi, ont honed of the sec- oath, there » having been amiuch peace in the land of Zar there having been, no wars nor contentions for a cerof years; even until the fifth day of the second month, in the eleventh year, there was. a cry of war heard throughout the land; for behold, the armies of the Lamanies had-come in on the wilderness side, into. the land, even into, the city of Azoradaihah, borders of the and began to slay the p eople, and to destroy the city. And now itteame to pass before the paninice could raise 4 sufficient army, to drive them out of the land, they had destroy ed iy people which were in: the city of Ammonihah, an d also some around the borders of Noah, and. taking others aphyy into-the wilderness, and there was not one soul of them which had been lost, that were tilée on captive. th XVE XY. _Awp it came to pass in.the eleventh tain “aie Zoram, and-his and he had. two had been taken captive by the Lamanites, eS cee eee eis ; was -Zoram his name yea, hearts, and began to. humble themselves before God, and began to assemble themselves together-at their. sanctuaries to wor- ond. Chief: Captain theretore he that.had been appomted over. the armies of the Nepnitan4 and two sons, knowing thatAlma was High Priest over the Church, And it came to. pass that Alma and Amulek, Amulek having forsaken ilerness; , OF Pon eee Now it came to pags. that the Nephites were desirous to°° fain those which had been carried away captive into the wi bei| ils. And they were brought by their brethren to possess their own lands. And thus ended the eleventh year of the Judges, the Lamanites havi ing been driven out, of the land» and the people o} Ammonihah were destroyed; yea, every a ng soul of the Ammonihahites were. dest troyed, and also their gre: at city, which,| ‘They. said God could not destroy, because of jts greatness. a, : ut behold, in one day it was left desolate ; and tides carca SES. Were mangled by dogs and wild beasts of ~ wilderness; hevertheless, afi (er many: days, their dead..bodies were heaped UW Upon the face of the eart th, Saallow covering. a they were isa ae .And now so.great was with a the.scent. ther: cof, that the people = not go in to possess the land of Ammoni- ah for many yea And it was called desolation of NehorsOr they were of a profession. of. Nehor, which were slai ‘and their lands remained desolate. And it-came to pass brat = amanites did. not come again to war against the Nephite Ol the fourteenth Sa of the reign of the Judges over the & of Nephi. And thus for three years did the people of a have continual peace in all the land, |