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Nephite dissenters and the Lamanites join forces and take the land of Zarahemla—The Nephites' defeats come because of their wickedness—The Church dwindles, and the people become weak like the Lamanites. About 38–30 B.C.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
fifty
and
fourth
year
there
were
many
dissensions
in
the
church,
and
there
was
also
a
a
contention
among
the
people,
insomuch
that
there
was
much
bloodshed.
2 And
the
rebellious
part
were
slain
and
driven
out
of
the
land,
and
they
did
go
unto
the
king
of
the
Lamanites.
3 And
it
came
to
pass
that
they
did
endeavor
to
stir
up
the
Lamanites
to
a
war
against
the
Nephites;
but
behold,
the
Lamanites
were
b
exceedingly
afraid,
insomuch
that
they
would
not
hearken
to
the
words
of
those
dissenters.
4 But
it
came
to
pass
in
the
fifty
and
sixth
year
of
the
reign
of
the
judges,
there
were
a
dissenters
who
went
up
from
the
Nephites
unto
the
Lamanites;
and
they
succeeded
with
those
others
in
b
stirring
them
up
to
anger
against
the
Nephites;
and
they
were
all
that
year
preparing
for
war.
5 And
in
the
fifty
and
seventh
year
they
did
come
down
against
the
Nephites
to
battle,
and
they
did
commence
the
work
of
death;
yea,
insomuch
that
in
the
fifty
and
eighth
year
of
the
reign
of
the
judges
they
succeeded
in
obtaining
a
possession
of
the
land
of
Zarahemla;
yea,
and
also
all
the
lands,
even
unto
the
land
which
was
near
the
land
Bountiful.
6 And
the
Nephites
and
the
armies
of
Moronihah
were
driven
even
into
the
land
of
Bountiful;
7 And
there
they
did
fortify
against
the
Lamanites,
from
the
west
sea,
even
unto
the
east;
it
being
a
a
day's
journey
for
a
Nephite,
on
the
line
which
they
had
fortified
and
stationed
their
armies
to
defend
their
north
country.
8 And
thus
those
a
dissenters
of
the
Nephites,
with
the
help
of
a
numerous
army
of
the
Lamanites,
had
obtained
all
the
possession
of
the
Nephites
which
was
in
the
land
southward.
And
all
this
was
done
in
the
fifty
and
eighth
and
ninth
years
of
the
reign
of
the
judges.
9 And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
sixtieth
year
of
the
reign
of
the
judges,
Moronihah
did
succeed
with
his
armies
in
obtaining
many
parts
of
the
land;
yea,
they
regained
many
cities
which
had
fallen
into
the
hands
of
the
Lamanites.
10 And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
sixty
and
first
year
of
the
reign
of
the
judges
they
succeeded
in
regaining
even
the
half
of
all
their
possessions.
11 Now
this
great
loss
of
the
Nephites,
and
the
great
slaughter
which
was
among
them,
a
would
not
have
happened
had
it
not
been
for
their
b
wickedness
and
their
abomination
which
was
among
them;
yea,
and
it
was
among
those
also
who
professed
to
belong
to
the
church
of
God.
12 And
it
was
because
of
the
a
pride
of
their
hearts,
because
of
their
exceeding
b
riches,
yea,
it
was
because
of
their
oppression
to
the
c
poor,
withholding
their
food
from
the
hungry,
withholding
their
clothing
from
the
naked,
and
smiting
their
humble
brethren
upon
the
cheek,
making
a
d
mock
of
that
which
was
sacred,
denying
the
spirit
of
prophecy
and
of
revelation,
murdering,
plundering,
lying,
stealing,
committing
adultery,
rising
up
in
great
contentions,
and
deserting
away
into
the
land
of
Nephi,
among
the
Lamanites—
13 And
because
of
this
their
great
wickedness,
and
their
a
boastings
in
their
own
strength,
they
were
left
in
their
own
strength;
therefore
they
did
not
prosper,
but
were
afflicted
and
smitten,
and
driven
before
the
Lamanites,
until
they
had
lost
possession
of
almost
all
their
lands.
14 But
behold,
Moronihah
did
a
preach
many
things
unto
the
people
because
of
their
iniquity,
and
also
b
Nephi
and
Lehi,
who
were
the
sons
of
Helaman,
did
preach
many
things
unto
the
people,
yea,
and
did
prophesy
many
things
unto
them
concerning
their
iniquities,
and
what
should
come
unto
them
if
they
did
not
repent
of
their
sins.
15 And
it
came
to
pass
that
they
did
repent,
and
inasmuch
as
they
did
repent
they
did
begin
to
prosper.
16 For
when
Moronihah
saw
that
they
did
repent
he
did
venture
to
a
lead
them
forth
from
place
to
place,
and
from
city
to
city,
even
until
they
had
regained
the
one-half
of
their
property
and
the
one-half
of
all
their
lands.
17 And
thus
ended
the
sixty
and
first
year
of
the
reign
of
the
judges.
18 And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
sixty
and
second
year
of
the
reign
of
the
judges,
that
Moronihah
could
obtain
no
more
possessions
over
the
Lamanites.
19 Therefore
they
did
abandon
their
design
to
obtain
the
remainder
of
their
lands,
for
so
numerous
were
the
Lamanites
that
it
became
impossible
for
the
Nephites
to
obtain
more
power
over
them;
therefore
Moronihah
did
employ
all
his
armies
in
maintaining
those
parts
which
he
had
taken.
20 And
it
came
to
pass,
because
of
the
greatness
of
the
number
of
the
Lamanites
the
Nephites
were
in
great
fear,
lest
they
should
be
overpowered,
and
trodden
down,
and
slain,
and
destroyed.
21 Yea,
they
began
to
remember
the
a
prophecies
of
Alma,
and
also
the
b
words
of
Mosiah;
and
they
saw
that
they
had
been
a
c
stiffnecked
people,
and
that
they
had
set
at
d
naught
the
commandments
of
God;
22 And
that
they
had
altered
and
trampled
under
their
feet
the
a
laws
of
Mosiah,
or
that
which
the
Lord
commanded
him
to
give
unto
the
people;
and
they
saw
that
their
laws
had
become
corrupted,
and
that
they
had
become
a
wicked
people,
insomuch
that
they
were
wicked
even
like
unto
the
Lamanites.
23 And
because
of
their
iniquity
the
church
had
begun
to
a
dwindle;
and
they
began
to
disbelieve
in
the
spirit
of
prophecy
and
in
the
spirit
of
revelation;
and
the
judgments
of
God
did
stare
them
in
the
face.
24 And
they
saw
that
they
had
become
a
weak,
like
unto
their
brethren,
the
Lamanites,
and
that
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
did
no
more
preserve
them;
yea,
it
had
withdrawn
from
them
because
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
doth
not
b
dwell
in
c
unholy
d
temples—
25 Therefore
the
Lord
did
cease
to
preserve
them
by
his
miraculous
and
matchless
power,
for
they
had
fallen
into
a
state
of
a
unbelief
and
awful
wickedness;
and
they
saw
that
the
Lamanites
were
exceedingly
more
numerous
than
they,
and
except
they
should
b
cleave
unto
the
Lord
their
God
they
must
unavoidably
perish.
26 For
behold,
they
saw
that
the
strength
of
the
Lamanites
was
as
great
as
their
strength,
even
man
for
man.
And
thus
had
they
fallen
into
this
great
transgression;
yea,
thus
had
they
become
a
weak,
because
of
their
transgression,
in
the
space
of
b
not
many
years.
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