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3 Nephi 4
The Nephite armies defeat the Gadianton robbers—Giddianhi is slain, and his successor, Zemnarihah, is hanged—The Nephites praise the Lord for their victories. About A.D. 19–22.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
in
the
latter
end
of
the
eighteenth
year
those
armies
of
a
robbers
had
prepared
for
battle,
and
began
to
come
down
and
to
sally
forth
from
the
hills,
and
out
of
the
mountains,
and
the
wilderness,
and
their
strongholds,
and
their
b
secret
places,
and
began
to
take
possession
of
the
lands,
both
which
were
in
the
land
south
and
which
were
in
the
land
north,
and
began
to
take
possession
of
all
the
lands
which
had
been
c
deserted
by
the
Nephites,
and
the
cities
which
had
been
left
desolate.
2 But
behold,
there
were
no
wild
beasts
nor
a
game
in
those
lands
which
had
been
deserted
by
the
Nephites,
and
there
was
no
game
for
the
robbers
save
it
were
in
the
wilderness.
3 And
the
robbers
could
not
exist
save
it
were
in
the
wilderness,
for
the
want
of
food;
for
the
Nephites
had
left
their
lands
desolate,
and
had
gathered
their
flocks
and
their
herds
and
all
their
substance,
and
they
were
in
one
body.
4 Therefore,
there
was
no
chance
for
the
robbers
to
plunder
and
to
obtain
food,
save
it
were
to
come
up
in
open
battle
against
the
Nephites;
and
the
Nephites
being
in
one
body,
and
having
so
great
a
number,
and
having
reserved
for
themselves
provisions,
and
a
horses
and
cattle,
and
flocks
of
every
kind,
that
they
might
subsist
for
the
space
of
b
seven
years,
in
the
which
time
they
did
hope
to
destroy
the
robbers
from
off
the
face
of
the
land;
and
thus
the
eighteenth
year
did
pass
away.
5 And
it
came
to
pass
that
in
the
nineteenth
year
Giddianhi
found
that
it
was
expedient
that
he
should
go
up
to
battle
against
the
Nephites,
for
there
was
a
no
way
that
they
could
subsist
save
it
were
to
plunder
and
rob
and
murder.
6 And
they
durst
not
spread
themselves
upon
the
face
of
the
land
insomuch
that
they
could
raise
grain,
lest
the
Nephites
should
come
upon
them
and
slay
them;
therefore
Giddianhi
gave
commandment
unto
his
armies
that
in
this
year
they
should
go
up
to
battle
against
the
Nephites.
7 And
it
came
to
pass
that
they
did
come
up
to
battle;
and
it
was
in
the
sixth
month;
and
behold,
great
and
terrible
was
the
day
that
they
did
come
up
to
battle;
and
they
were
girded
about
after
the
manner
of
robbers;
and
they
had
a
lamb-skin
about
their
loins,
and
they
were
dyed
in
blood,
and
their
heads
were
shorn,
and
they
had
head-plates
upon
them;
and
great
and
terrible
was
the
appearance
of
the
armies
of
Giddianhi,
because
of
their
armor,
and
because
of
their
being
dyed
in
blood.
8 And
it
came
to
pass
that
the
armies
of
the
Nephites,
when
they
saw
the
appearance
of
the
army
of
Giddianhi,
had
all
fallen
to
the
earth,
and
did
lift
their
cries
to
the
Lord
their
God,
that
he
would
spare
them
and
deliver
them
out
of
the
hands
of
their
enemies.
9 And
it
came
to
pass
that
when
the
armies
of
Giddianhi
saw
this
they
began
to
shout
with
a
loud
voice,
because
of
their
joy,
for
they
had
supposed
that
the
Nephites
had
fallen
with
fear
because
of
the
terror
of
their
armies.
10 But
in
this
thing
they
were
disappointed,
for
the
Nephites
did
not
a
fear
them;
but
they
did
fear
their
God
and
did
supplicate
him
for
b
protection;
therefore,
when
the
armies
of
Giddianhi
did
rush
upon
them
they
were
prepared
to
meet
them;
yea,
in
the
strength
of
the
Lord
they
did
receive
them.
11 And
the
battle
commenced
in
this
the
sixth
month;
and
great
and
terrible
was
the
battle
thereof,
yea,
great
and
terrible
was
the
a
slaughter
thereof,
insomuch
that
there
never
was
known
so
great
a
slaughter
among
all
the
people
of
Lehi
since
he
left
Jerusalem.
12 And
notwithstanding
the
a
threatenings
and
the
oaths
which
Giddianhi
had
made,
behold,
the
Nephites
did
beat
them,
insomuch
that
they
did
fall
back
from
before
them.
13 And
it
came
to
pass
that
a
Gidgiddoni
commanded
that
his
armies
should
pursue
them
as
far
as
the
borders
of
the
wilderness,
and
that
they
should
not
spare
any
that
should
fall
into
their
hands
by
the
way;
and
thus
they
did
pursue
them
and
did
slay
them,
to
the
borders
of
the
wilderness,
even
until
they
had
fulfilled
the
commandment
of
Gidgiddoni.
14 And
it
came
to
pass
that
Giddianhi,
who
had
stood
and
fought
with
boldness,
was
pursued
as
he
fled;
and
being
weary
because
of
his
much
fighting
he
was
overtaken
and
slain.
And
thus
was
the
end
of
Giddianhi
the
robber.
15 And
it
came
to
pass
that
the
armies
of
the
Nephites
did
return
again
to
their
place
of
security.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
this
nineteenth
year
did
pass
away,
and
the
robbers
did
not
come
again
to
battle;
neither
did
they
come
again
in
the
twentieth
year.
16 And
in
the
twenty
and
first
year
they
did
not
come
up
to
battle,
but
they
came
up
on
all
sides
to
lay
siege
round
about
the
people
of
Nephi;
for
they
did
suppose
that
if
they
should
cut
off
the
people
of
Nephi
from
their
a
lands,
and
should
hem
them
in
on
every
side,
and
if
they
should
cut
them
off
from
all
their
outward
privileges,
that
they
could
cause
them
to
yield
themselves
up
according
to
their
wishes.
17 Now
they
had
appointed
unto
themselves
another
leader,
whose
name
was
Zemnarihah;
therefore
it
was
Zemnarihah
that
did
cause
that
this
siege
should
take
place.
18 But
behold,
this
was
an
advantage
to
the
Nephites;
for
it
was
impossible
for
the
robbers
to
lay
siege
sufficiently
long
to
have
any
effect
upon
the
Nephites,
because
of
their
a
much
b
provision
which
they
had
laid
up
in
store,
19 And
because
of
the
scantiness
of
provisions
among
the
robbers;
for
behold,
they
had
nothing
save
it
were
meat
for
their
subsistence,
which
meat
they
did
obtain
in
the
wilderness;
20 And
it
came
to
pass
that
the
a
wild
game
became
scarce
in
the
wilderness
insomuch
that
the
robbers
were
about
to
perish
with
hunger.
21 And
the
Nephites
were
continually
marching
out
by
day
and
by
night,
and
falling
upon
their
armies,
and
cutting
them
off
by
thousands
and
by
tens
of
thousands.
22 And
thus
it
became
the
desire
of
the
people
of
Zemnarihah
to
withdraw
from
their
design,
because
of
the
great
destruction
which
came
upon
them
by
night
and
by
day.
23 And
it
came
to
pass
that
Zemnarihah
did
give
command
unto
his
people
that
they
should
withdraw
themselves
from
the
siege,
and
march
into
the
furthermost
parts
of
the
land
northward.
24 And
now,
Gidgiddoni
being
aware
of
their
design,
and
knowing
of
their
weakness
because
of
the
want
of
food,
and
the
great
slaughter
which
had
been
made
among
them,
therefore
he
did
send
out
his
armies
in
the
night-time,
and
did
cut
off
the
way
of
their
retreat,
and
did
place
his
armies
in
the
way
of
their
retreat.
25 And
this
did
they
do
in
the
night-time,
and
got
on
their
march
beyond
the
robbers,
so
that
on
the
morrow,
when
the
robbers
began
their
march,
they
were
met
by
the
armies
of
the
Nephites
both
in
their
front
and
in
their
rear.
26 And
the
robbers
who
were
on
the
south
were
also
cut
off
in
their
places
of
retreat.
And
all
these
things
were
done
by
command
of
Gidgiddoni.
27 And
there
were
many
thousands
who
did
yield
themselves
up
prisoners
unto
the
Nephites,
and
the
remainder
of
them
were
slain.
28 And
their
leader,
Zemnarihah,
was
taken
and
hanged
upon
a
tree,
yea,
even
upon
the
top
thereof
until
he
was
dead.
And
when
they
had
hanged
him
until
he
was
dead
they
did
fell
the
tree
to
the
earth,
and
did
cry
with
a
loud
voice,
saying:
29 May
the
Lord
preserve
his
people
in
righteousness
and
in
holiness
of
heart,
that
they
may
cause
to
be
felled
to
the
earth
all
who
shall
seek
to
slay
them
because
of
power
and
secret
combinations,
even
as
this
man
hath
been
felled
to
the
earth.
30 And
they
did
rejoice
and
cry
again
with
one
voice,
saying:
May
the
a
God
of
Abraham,
and
the
God
of
Isaac,
and
the
God
of
Jacob,
protect
this
people
in
righteousness,
so
long
as
they
shall
b
call
on
the
name
of
their
God
for
c
protection.
31 And
it
came
to
pass
that
they
did
break
forth,
all
as
one,
in
singing,
and
a
praising
their
God
for
the
great
thing
which
he
had
done
for
them,
in
preserving
them
from
falling
into
the
hands
of
their
enemies.
32 Yea,
they
did
cry:
Hosanna
to
the
Most
High
God.
And
they
did
cry:
Blessed
be
the
name
of
the
Lord
God
a
Almighty,
the
Most
High
God.
33 And
their
hearts
were
swollen
with
joy,
unto
the
gushing
out
of
many
tears,
because
of
the
great
goodness
of
God
in
delivering
them
out
of
the
hands
of
their
enemies;
and
they
knew
it
was
because
of
their
repentance
and
their
humility
that
they
had
been
delivered
from
an
everlasting
destruction.
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