In my last post titled “That’s Messed Up” I gave a brief account of those who had traveled during the reign of Mosiah found at the end of Book of Omni and all throughout Book of Mosiah. Zeniff was among the first party who had come from Zarahemla. He ended up as a ruler in the land of Nephi-Lehi. His group of people were in bondage to the Lamanites for at least three generations.
Zeniff had been righteous and had
kept records. Before he died he conferred
the kingdom to his son Noah who was not righteous and who probably committed
every sin there ever was. It was during
his reign when Abinidi was sent to call King Noah and his people to repentance. Alma, then one of King Noah’s priests, believed
in the words of Abinidi. When he tried
to defend Abinidi it was not well received and Alma fled and recorded the words
of Abinidi and went about teaching anyone who would believe him.
Alma was not the only priest to separate
from King Noah. Eventually all the other
priests (we don’t know how many were in his court) also got fed up with Noah to
the point of killing him (about 148 BC).
The kingdom was eventually given to his son Limhi to rule over. All this time still in bondage to the Lamanites.
There comes a time when the priests (still
referred to as the priests of Noah though Noah is deceased) see some of the
Lamanite daughters dancing and decided to kidnap them and keep them. The Lamanites blame the people of Limhi and
attack them (about 121 BC)
Meanwhile
. . .
Alma and his people have wandered
the wilderness before they establish their own city upon a beautiful land
(between 145 and 121 BC) before the Lamanite King decides to invade their land
and assigns Amulon (a former priest of Noah who had probably served in the same
courts as Alma) in charge of bondage to Alma and his people.
Meanwhile
. . .
Limhi and his people escape bondage
and return to Zarahemla (about 121 BC)
Meanwhile
. . .
Alma and his people also make their
escape from Amulon
All (both?) groups end up in Zarahemla
and Mosiah (son of King Benjamin) reads the records of Zeniff and other records that were collected – including the
plates that had been found by another traveling group (about 200 BC) which I
forgot to mention. Those plates date
back to the Tower of Babel.
There is more. Lots more.
The book that follows Mosiah is Alma.
You should really pick up a copy of The Book of Mormon and read it for
yourself.
