The Book of Mosiah

Because there were no more conflicts among king Benjamin’s people in Zarahemla, he had continual peace during the rest of his rule. He had three sons, whom he named Mosiah, Helorum, and Helaman. He had taught them the written language of his forefathers so they could become men of understanding and comprehend the Lord’s prophecies spoken by their forefathers. He also taught them...

Now when king Benjamin had finished speaking the words that had been delivered to him by the angel of the Lord, he looked around at the crowd. Because the fear of the Lord overcame them, they had fallen to the ground. They looked at themselves in their carnal state, feeling no better than dust on the ground. In unison, they cried out: Have mercy on us and purify our hearts with Christ’s atoning...

After king Benjamin had said all these things to his people, he sent out a message, asking his people if they believed what he taught them. And they all cried out with one voice, saying: Yes, we believe everything you’ve taught us. And we know these things are true because of the Spirit of the Lord Omnipotent, which has caused a big change in our hearts. We’re not inclined to do evil anymore, but...

After finishing his speech to the people, king Benjamin decided to make a record of the names of everyone who had made a covenant with God to keep His commandments. It turned out that everyone except the little children had made this covenant and had taken upon himself or herself the name of Christ. After king Benjamin had completed all his duties and consecrated his son Mosiah as the new ruler...

King Mosiah enjoyed three years of peace, but he became curious about the people who had left Zarahemla to live in the land of Lehi-Nephi. He and his people hadn’t heard from them since their departure, and his people constantly asked him to find out what happened to them.

Eventually, king Mosiah gave his permission for 16 strong men to search for them in the land of Lehi-Nephi and find out what...

THE RECORD OF ZENIFF

The earlier account of his people from the time they left the land of Zarahemla until they were freed from Lamanite control.

I Zeniff was educated using the Nephite language and was familiar with the land of Nephi — the land our ancestors first inherited. I was sent as a spy among the Lamanites to investigate their forces, so our army could attack and destroy them. But when I...

Now Zeniff conferred the kingdom on Noah, one of his sons; and Noah began to rule in his place. But he didn’t follow his father’s ways. He didn’t keep God’s commandments; instead, he followed his own ambitions. He had many wives and concubines. And he led his people to commit sin, to do things the Lord hated; they committed whoredoms and all kinds of evil. In addition, he put a 20 percent tax on...

After Abinadi had finished saying this, he asked them: Have you taught these people to take care to do all these things, to keep these commandments? I tell you: No. Because if you had, the Lord wouldn’t have had me come and prophesy evil about this people. Now you’ve said that salvation comes by the Law of Moses. I tell you, while it’s still necessary for you to keep the Law of Moses, the time...

When Abinadi had finished speaking, the king ordered the priests to take him and have him put to death. But there was one among them named Alma, a young man and a descendant of Nephi, who believed Abinadi’s words, since he could see the iniquity Abinadi had testified against them. Therefore he started to plead with the king not to be angry with Abinadi, but to let him leave in peace. But the king...

Ammon and king Limhi discussed with the people how to get free from slavery. They even brought everyone together to take a vote of the people about it. But since there were so many Lamanites, it was impossible for Limhi’s people to fight their way free from slavery by force, so they couldn’t come up with a way to liberate themselves other than taking their women, children, flocks, herds, and...

An account of Alma and the Lord’s people, who were driven into the wilderness by king Noah’s people.

The Lord warned Alma that king Noah’s armies were coming to attack them, and Alma told his people. So they gathered their flocks, took their grain, and went into the wilderness ahead of king Noah’s armies. The Lord gave them strength, so they stayed ahead of king Noah’s people coming to kill them....

After Mosiah’s sons had done all this, they took a small number with them and went to their father the king and asked him to allow them to go up to the land of Nephi with those they had chosen, in order to preach what they had heard and share God’s word with their Lamanite brothers and sisters, so they could perhaps bring them to know the Lord who is God and convince them of their forefathers’...

Now, as I was saying, after king Mosiah had done these things, he took the brass plates and everything he had kept — all the records and the Interpreters as well — and conferred them on Alma’s son Alma, and commanded him to maintain and protect them, adding to the record of the people. He was to hand them down from one generation to another, just as they had been handed down since Lehi left...