Éter 10:17

1And it came to pass that Shez, who was a descendant of Heth—for

2And it came to pass that Shez did remember the destruction of his

3And his eldest son, whose name was Shez, did rebel against him;

4And it came to pass that his father did build up many cities upon

5And it came to pass that Riplakish did not do that which was right

6And he did erect him an exceedingly beautiful throne; and he did

7Wherefore he did obtain all his fine work, yea, even his fine gold

8And when he had reigned for the space of forty and two years the

9And it came to pass after the space of many years, Morianton, (he

10And after that he had established himself king he did ease the

11And he did do justice unto the people, but not unto himself

12And it came to pass that Morianton built up many cities, and the

13And Morianton did live to an exceedingly great age, and then he

14And his brother did rise up in rebellion against him, by which he

15And it came to pass that Levi did serve in captivity after the

16And after he had obtained unto himself the kingdom he did that

17And it came to pass that Corom did that which was good in the

18And it came to pass that Kish passed away also, and Lib reigned

19And it came to pass that Lib also did that which was good in the

20And they built a great city by the narrow neck of land, by the

21And they did preserve the land southward for a wilderness, to get

22And they were exceedingly industrious, and they did buy and sell

23And they did work in all manner of ore, and they did make gold,

24And they did have silks, and fine-twined linen; and they did work

25And they did make all manner of tools to till the earth, both to

26And they did make all manner of tools with which they did work

27And they did make all manner of weapons of war. And they did work

28And never could be a people more blessed than were they, and more

29And it came to pass that Lib did live many years, and begat sons

30And it came to pass that Hearthom reigned in the stead of his

31And he begat Heth, and Heth lived in captivity all his days. And

32And it came to pass that Com drew away the half of the kingdom.

33And in the days of Com there began to be robbers in the land; and

34Now Com did fight against them much; nevertheless, he did not