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Mormon abridges the large plates of Nephi—He puts the small plates with the other plates—King Benjamin establishes peace in the land. About A.D. 385.
And
now
I,
Mormon,
being
about
to
deliver
up
the
a
record
which
I
have
been
making
into
the
hands
of
my
son
Moroni,
behold
I
have
witnessed
almost
all
the
destruction
of
my
people,
the
Nephites.
2 And
it
is
a
many
hundred
years
after
the
coming
of
Christ
that
I
deliver
these
records
into
the
hands
of
my
son;
and
it
supposeth
me
that
he
will
witness
the
entire
b
destruction
of
my
people.
But
may
God
grant
that
he
may
survive
them,
that
he
may
write
somewhat
concerning
them,
and
somewhat
concerning
Christ,
that
perhaps
some
day
it
may
c
profit
them.
3 And
now,
I
speak
somewhat
concerning
that
which
I
have
written;
for
after
I
had
made
an
a
abridgment
from
the
b
plates
of
Nephi,
down
to
the
reign
of
this
king
Benjamin,
of
whom
Amaleki
spake,
I
searched
among
the
c
records
which
had
been
delivered
into
my
hands,
and
I
found
these
plates,
which
contained
this
small
account
of
the
prophets,
from
Jacob
down
to
the
reign
of
this
king
d
Benjamin,
and
also
many
of
the
words
of
Nephi.
4 And
the
things
which
are
upon
these
plates
a
pleasing
me,
because
of
the
prophecies
of
the
coming
of
Christ;
and
my
fathers
knowing
that
many
of
them
have
been
fulfilled;
yea,
and
I
also
know
that
as
many
things
as
have
been
b
prophesied
concerning
us
down
to
this
day
have
been
fulfilled,
and
as
many
as
go
beyond
this
day
must
surely
come
to
pass—
5 Wherefore,
I
chose
a
these
things,
to
finish
my
b
record
upon
them,
which
remainder
of
my
record
I
shall
take
from
the
c
plates
of
Nephi;
and
I
cannot
write
the
d
hundredth
part
of
the
things
of
my
people.
6 But
behold,
I
shall
take
these
plates,
which
contain
these
prophesyings
and
revelations,
and
put
them
with
the
remainder
of
my
record,
for
they
are
choice
unto
me;
and
I
know
they
will
be
choice
unto
my
brethren.
7 And
I
do
this
for
a
a
wise
b
purpose;
for
thus
it
whispereth
me,
according
to
the
workings
of
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
which
is
in
me.
And
now,
I
do
not
know
all
things;
but
the
Lord
c
knoweth
all
things
which
are
to
come;
wherefore,
he
d
worketh
in
me
to
do
according
to
his
e
will.
8 And
my
a
prayer
to
God
is
concerning
my
brethren,
that
they
may
once
again
come
to
the
knowledge
of
God,
yea,
the
redemption
of
Christ;
that
they
may
once
again
be
a
b
delightsome
people.
9 And
now
I,
Mormon,
proceed
to
finish
out
my
record,
which
I
take
from
the
plates
of
Nephi;
and
I
make
it
according
to
the
knowledge
and
the
a
understanding
which
God
has
given
me.
10 Wherefore,
it
came
to
pass
that
after
Amaleki
had
a
delivered
up
these
plates
into
the
hands
of
king
Benjamin,
he
took
them
and
put
them
with
the
b
other
plates,
which
contained
records
which
had
been
handed
down
by
the
c
kings,
from
generation
to
generation
until
the
days
of
king
Benjamin.
11 And
they
were
handed
down
from
king
Benjamin,
from
generation
to
generation
until
they
have
fallen
into
a
my
hands.
And
I,
Mormon,
pray
to
God
that
they
may
be
preserved
from
this
time
henceforth.
And
I
know
that
they
will
be
preserved;
for
there
are
great
things
written
upon
them,
out
of
which
b
my
people
and
their
brethren
shall
be
c
judged
at
the
great
and
last
day,
according
to
the
word
of
God
which
is
written.
12 And
now,
concerning
this
king
Benjamin—he
had
somewhat
of
contentions
among
his
own
people.
13 And
it
came
to
pass
also
that
the
armies
of
the
Lamanites
came
down
out
of
the
a
land
of
Nephi,
to
battle
against
his
people.
But
behold,
king
Benjamin
gathered
together
his
armies,
and
he
did
stand
against
them;
and
he
did
fight
with
the
strength
of
his
own
arm,
with
the
b
sword
of
Laban.
14 And
in
the
a
strength
of
the
Lord
they
did
contend
against
their
enemies,
until
they
had
slain
many
thousands
of
the
Lamanites.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
they
did
contend
against
the
Lamanites
until
they
had
driven
them
out
of
all
the
lands
of
their
b
inheritance.
15 And
it
came
to
pass
that
after
there
had
been
false
a
Christs,
and
their
mouths
had
been
shut,
and
they
punished
according
to
their
crimes;
16 And
after
there
had
been
a
false
prophets,
and
false
preachers
and
teachers
among
the
people,
and
all
these
having
been
punished
according
to
their
crimes;
and
after
there
having
been
much
contention
and
many
dissensions
away
b
unto
the
Lamanites,
behold,
it
came
to
pass
that
king
Benjamin,
with
the
assistance
of
the
holy
c
prophets
who
were
among
his
people—
17 For
behold,
king
Benjamin
was
a
a
holy
man,
and
he
did
reign
over
his
people
in
righteousness;
and
there
were
many
holy
men
in
the
land,
and
they
did
speak
the
word
of
God
with
b
power
and
with
authority;
and
they
did
use
much
c
sharpness
because
of
the
stiffneckedness
of
the
people—
18 Wherefore,
with
the
help
of
these,
king
a
Benjamin,
by
laboring
with
all
the
might
of
his
body
and
the
b
faculty
of
his
whole
soul,
and
also
the
prophets,
did
once
more
establish
peace
in
the
land.
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