1And it came to pass that the Amalekites and the Amulonites and the

2And their hatred became exceedingly sore against them, even

3Now the king conferred the kingdom upon his son, and he called his

4And the king died in that selfsame year that the Lamanites began

5Now when Ammon and his brethren and all those who had come up with

6Now there was not one soul among all the people who had been

7Now, these are the words which he said unto the people concerning

8And behold, I thank my great God that he has given us a portion of

9And behold, I also thank my God, that by opening this

10And I also thank my God, yea, my great God, that he hath granted

11And now behold, my brethren, since it has been all that we could

12Now, my best beloved brethren, since God hath taken away our

13Behold, I say unto you, Nay, let us retain our swords that they

14And the great God has had mercy on us, and made these things

15Oh, how merciful is our God! And now behold, since it has been as

16And now, my brethren, if our brethren seek to destroy us, behold,

17And now it came to pass that when the king had made an end of

18And thus we see that, when these Lamanites were brought to

19And it came to pass that their brethren, the Lamanites, made

20Now when the people saw that they were coming against them they

21And thus without meeting any resistance, they did slay a thousand

22Now when the Lamanites saw that their brethren would not flee

23Now when the Lamanites saw this they did forbear from slaying

24And it came to pass that they threw down their weapons of war,

25And it came to pass that the people of God were joined that day

26And there was not a wicked man slain among them; but there were

27Now the greatest number of those of the Lamanites who slew so

28Now, among those who joined the people of the Lord, there were

29And thus we can plainly discern, that after a people have been