1And it came to pass that we again began to establish the kingdom

2And I set guards round about the land, that the Lamanites might

3And it came to pass that we did inherit the land of our fathers

4And I did cause that the men should till the ground, and raise all

5And I did cause that the women should spin, and toil, and work,

6And it came to pass that king Laman died, and his son began to

7But I had sent my spies out round about the land of Shemlon, that

8And it came to pass that they came up upon the north of the land

9And it came to pass that I caused that the women and children of

10And it came to pass that we did go up to battle against the

11Now, the Lamanites knew nothing concerning the Lord, nor the

12They were a wild, and ferocious, and a blood-thirsty people,

13And again, that they were wronged while in the land of their

14And his brethren were wroth with him because they understood not

15And again, they were wroth with him when they had arrived in the

16And again, they were wroth with him because he departed into the

17And thus they have taught their children that they should hate

18For this very cause has king Laman, by his cunning, and lying

19And now I, Zeniff, after having told all these things unto my

20And it came to pass that we did drive them again out of our land;

21And it came to pass that we returned again to our own land, and

22And now I, being old, did confer the kingdom upon one of my sons;