Alma 51

1And now it came to pass in the commencement of the twenty and

2Nevertheless, they did not long maintain an entire peace in the

3But behold, Pahoran would not alter nor suffer the law to be

4Therefore, those who were desirous that the law should be altered

5And it came to pass that those who were desirous that Pahoran

6And those who were desirous that Pahoran should remain chief judge

7And it came to pass that this matter of their contention was

8Now those who were in favor of kings were those of high birth, and

9But behold, this was a critical time for such contentions to be

10But behold, we shall see that his promise which he made was rash;

11Now his armies were not so great as they had hitherto been,

12Yea, even Amalickiah did himself come down, at the head of the

13And it came to pass that when the men who were called king-men

14And it came to pass that when Moroni saw this, and also saw that

15And it came to pass that he sent a petition, with the voice of

16For it was his first care to put an end to such contentions and

17And it came to pass that Moroni commanded that his army should go

18And it came to pass that the armies did march forth against them;

19And it came to pass that there were four thousand of those

20And the remainder of those dissenters, rather than be smitten

21And thus Moroni put an end to those king-men, that there were not

22Behold, it came to pass that while Moroni was thus breaking down

23And it came to pass that the Nephites were not sufficiently

24And those who fled out of the city of Moroni came to the city of

25But it came to pass that Amalickiah would not suffer the

26And thus he went on, taking possession of many cities, the city

27And thus had the Lamanites obtained, by the cunning of

28And it came to pass that they marched to the borders of the land

29But it came to pass that they were met by Teancum, who had slain

30And it came to pass that he headed Amalickiah also, as he was

31But behold he met with a disappointment by being repulsed by

32And it came to pass that they did harass them, insomuch that they

33And it came to pass that when the night had come, Teancum and his

34And it came to pass that Teancum stole privily into the tent of

35And he returned again privily to his own camp, and behold, his

36And he caused that his armies should stand in readiness, lest the

37And thus endeth the twenty and fifth year of the reign of the