- 63At the start of the 36th year of the judges’ rule over the Nephites, Shiblon took possession of the sacred artifacts given to Helaman by Alma. 2He was a good man who lived righteously before God and took care to be good and keep the commandments of the Lord his God, like his brother had done.
- 3Then Moroni also died. And so ended the 36th year of the judges’ rule. 4In the 37th year of the judges’ rule, there was a large group of men — up to 5,400 of them, along with their wives and children — who left Zarahemla and traveled to the land to the north.
- 5There was an ingenious man named Hagoth who built a very large ship on the shore beside Bountiful, bordering the land of Desolation, and launched it into the western sea at the narrow neck of land leading to the north. 6Many Nephites went with him, sailing out to sea with supplies, including many women and children; and they sailed north. And so ended the 37th year. 7In the 38th year, this man built more ships. And the first ship returned as well; and many more people sailed off with many supplies for the land to the north.
- 8They never were heard of again. We think they drowned in the deep sea. And another ship sailed out to sea as well, and we have no idea where she went. 9During this year, many people migrated north. And so ended the 38th year.
- 10In the 39th year of the judges’ rule, Shiblon died as well. And Corianton had sailed to the north, to take supplies for the people who went there. 11Therefore it was necessary for Shiblon, prior to his death, to confer those sacred things on Helaman’s son, who was named Helaman after his father. 12Now all the engravings in Helaman’s possession were transcribed and sent to the people throughout the land, except for the parts Alma commanded not to be made public. 13(Those parts were kept sacred and handed down from one generation to another.) Therefore in this year they were delivered to Helaman before Shiblon’s death.
- 14Also in this year, some defectors had gone and joined the Lamanites; and they were once again stirred up to be angry at the Nephites. 15In this same year, they once more came down, with a large army, to fight Moronihah’s people, or Moronihah’s army, and in this battle they were defeated and driven back to their own lands, losing a lot of lives. 16And so ended the 39th year of the judges’ rule over the Nephites. 17And so ended Alma’s account, as well as the account of his two sons, Helaman and Shiblon.
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