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Show BOOK OF ALMA. BOOK against the had gathered together so great an army for to go to meet out came king the as behold, But Nephites to battle. should go forth to s servant his that. caused kiah hin, Amalic hand to raise And it came to pass that the king put forth his a token of and tes, Lamani the them, as was the custom with it came to pass that when he ground, behold, he stabbed the raised king to the heart; queen, and took her unto him to wife; And and he fell and the ser to the earth. Now the servants of the king fled; the servants Behold, : vants of Amalickiah raised a cry, saying fell, and has he and heart, of the king have stabbed him to the they have fled; And it came to pass ites, and all the dissenters of the that his commanded that Amalickiah had happened to the armies should march forth, and see what the king and found king; and when they bad come to the spot, be wroth, and sail, to lying in his gore, Amalickiah pretended forth and pursue his Whosoever loved the king, let him go | 3 servants, that they may be slain. king the loved who they all when that And it came to pass aft forth and pursued when they heard these words, came Now when the servants of the mn the servants of the king. they were frightencd @ oral, saw an army pursuing after them, came over into the land a and fled into the wilderness, and of Ammon; and the arm le peop the Zarahemla, and joined rned, having pursued after them which pursued after them, retu by his fraud, gained the hearts in vain: and thus Amalickiah, wa ° of the : > . people. vo , had sent an ee been a the queen, informing her that the king had army, mn his with them ued purs had he that servants ; the a i And it came to pass that Amalickiah took W were ch whi they o als and that slew the king, “} from the reign of the Lord ; nevertheless, itis strange.to relate, not long after their dissentions, they becamé more hardened and impenitent, and more wild, wicked and ferocious, than the Lamanites; drinkWitenes 7 ing in with the traditions of the Lamanitesf dolence, and all manner of getting the Lord their God. giving way to in- Jagciviouspesy; yea, entirely forben ee And now it came to pass that as sogn as Amalickiah had obtained the kingdom, he began to inspire the hearts of the amanites against the people of Nephi; yea, he, did appoint men to speak unto the Lamanites from their towers, against = Nephites ; and thus he did inspire their hearts against the i tes, he sought also to reign Gyer all the land; yea, and all ri people which were in the land; the Nephites ‘as well as ¢ Lamanites; therefore he had:accomplished his design : for had mereened the hearts of the Lamanites, and blinded a sf ‘he people of the o'y) desiring him that he would spare the 1D unto wade come ld shou he that him she also desired esses Wilh 2 witn also desired him that he should bring to testify concerning the death of the king. Nephites, igs pe : Therefore yen in vain, and they had made their escashe sent me ee Hs zi age, mess queen had received this she thus by his fraud, ephites, insomuch, that ithe latter end of the nineteenth year of the reign of the,.Judges, he having accomplished his desiens thus far; yea, havirig*been made king over the Laman- he entered the cy Asa i Sone to pass on the morrow, Mi of the ae on essi poss Nephi, with his armies, and took es Gas had she when n, quee now it came to pass that the the king was slain: for Amalickiah and Nephi down to the present time. _ Now these dissenters, having the same instruction and the same information of the Nephites; yea, having been instructed in the same knowledge of 3 Ray behold, come and see. 357 and by the assistance of his cunning servants, he obtained the kingdom ; yea, he was acknowledged king throughout all the land, among all the people of the Lamanites, which was composed of the Lamanites, and the Lemuelites, and the Ishmael- from the first the had ALMA. went in unto the queen, unto the place where she sat; and they all testified unto her that the king was slain by his own servants; and they said, also, They have fled: Does not this testify against them? And thus they satisfied the queen concerning the death of the king. And it came to pass that Amalickiah sought the favor of the And they went and bowed themselves betore meet the king. ss— the king, as if to reverence him, because of his greatne peace, which custom they had taken from the Nephites. OF ad Bhai the Ne “hi az aa ‘to iL es. For he was determined, because of the greate number of his people, to overpower the Nephites, bring ; Be epee servail aiid “ stirred them up to anger, insomuch that he ogether a numerous host, to go to battle agamst them into bondage; and thus he did appoint of the Zoramites, they being the most acquaint- a a. e strength of the Nephites, and their places of resort, a. Weakest parts of their cities; therefore’ he appointed o be Chief Captains over his armies. : hd it came to pass that they took their camp, and moved 7) |
