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The kingdom passes from one to another by descent, intrigue, and murder—Emer saw the Son of Righteousness—Many prophets cry repentance—A famine and poisonous serpents plague the people.
And
now
I,
Moroni,
proceed
with
my
record.
Therefore,
behold,
it
came
to
pass
that
because
of
the
a
secret
combinations
of
Akish
and
his
friends,
behold,
they
did
overthrow
the
kingdom
of
Omer.
2 Nevertheless,
the
Lord
was
merciful
unto
Omer,
and
also
to
his
sons
and
to
his
daughters
who
did
not
seek
his
destruction.
3 And
the
Lord
a
warned
Omer
in
a
dream
that
he
should
depart
out
of
the
land;
wherefore
Omer
b
departed
out
of
the
land
with
his
family,
and
traveled
many
days,
and
came
over
and
passed
by
the
hill
of
c
Shim,
and
came
over
by
the
place
d
where
the
Nephites
were
destroyed,
and
from
thence
eastward,
and
came
to
a
place
which
was
called
Ablom,
by
the
seashore,
and
there
he
pitched
his
tent,
and
also
his
sons
and
his
daughters,
and
all
his
household,
save
it
were
Jared
and
his
family.
4 And
it
came
to
pass
that
Jared
was
anointed
king
over
the
people,
by
the
hand
of
wickedness;
and
he
gave
unto
Akish
his
daughter
to
wife.
5 And
it
came
to
pass
that
Akish
a
sought
the
life
of
his
father-in-law;
and
he
applied
unto
those
whom
he
had
sworn
by
the
b
oath
of
the
ancients,
and
they
obtained
the
head
of
his
father-in-law,
as
he
sat
upon
his
throne,
giving
audience
to
his
people.
6 For
so
great
had
been
the
spreading
of
this
wicked
and
secret
society
that
it
had
corrupted
the
hearts
of
all
the
people;
therefore
Jared
was
murdered
upon
his
throne,
and
Akish
reigned
in
his
stead.
7 And
it
came
to
pass
that
Akish
began
to
be
a
jealous
of
his
son,
therefore
he
shut
him
up
in
prison,
and
kept
him
upon
little
or
no
food
until
he
had
suffered
death.
8 And
now
the
brother
of
him
that
suffered
death,
(and
his
name
was
Nimrah)
was
angry
with
his
father
because
of
that
which
his
father
had
done
unto
his
brother.
9 And
it
came
to
pass
that
Nimrah
gathered
together
a
small
number
of
men,
and
fled
out
of
the
land,
and
came
over
and
dwelt
with
Omer.
10 And
it
came
to
pass
that
Akish
begat
other
sons,
and
they
won
the
hearts
of
the
people,
notwithstanding
they
had
sworn
unto
him
to
do
all
manner
of
iniquity
according
to
that
which
he
desired.
11 Now
the
people
of
Akish
were
desirous
for
gain,
even
as
Akish
was
desirous
for
a
power;
wherefore,
the
sons
of
Akish
did
offer
them
b
money,
by
which
means
they
drew
away
the
more
part
of
the
people
after
them.
12 And
there
began
to
be
a
war
between
the
sons
of
Akish
and
Akish,
which
lasted
for
the
space
of
many
years,
yea,
unto
the
destruction
of
nearly
all
the
people
of
the
kingdom,
yea,
even
all,
save
it
were
thirty
souls,
and
they
who
fled
with
the
house
of
Omer.
13 Wherefore,
Omer
was
restored
again
to
the
a
land
of
his
inheritance.
14 And
it
came
to
pass
that
Omer
began
to
be
old;
nevertheless,
in
his
old
age
he
begat
Emer;
and
he
anointed
Emer
to
be
king
to
reign
in
his
stead.
15 And
after
that
he
had
anointed
Emer
to
be
king
he
saw
peace
in
the
land
for
the
space
of
two
years,
and
he
died,
having
seen
exceedingly
many
days,
which
were
full
of
sorrow.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
Emer
did
reign
in
his
stead,
and
did
fill
the
steps
of
his
father.
16 And
the
Lord
began
again
to
take
the
curse
from
off
the
land,
and
the
house
of
Emer
did
prosper
exceedingly
under
the
reign
of
Emer;
and
in
the
space
of
sixty
and
two
years
they
had
become
exceedingly
strong,
insomuch
that
they
became
exceedingly
rich—
17 Having
a
all
manner
of
fruit,
and
of
grain,
and
of
b
silks,
and
of
fine
linen,
and
of
c
gold,
and
of
silver,
and
of
precious
things;
18 And
also
a
all
manner
of
cattle,
of
oxen,
and
cows,
and
of
sheep,
and
of
swine,
and
of
goats,
and
also
many
other
kinds
of
animals
which
were
useful
for
the
food
of
man.
19 And
they
also
had
a
horses,
and
asses,
and
there
were
elephants
and
cureloms
and
cumoms;
all
of
which
were
useful
unto
man,
and
more
especially
the
elephants
and
cureloms
and
cumoms.
20 And
thus
the
Lord
did
pour
out
his
blessings
upon
this
land,
which
was
a
choice
above
all
other
lands;
and
he
commanded
that
whoso
should
possess
the
land
should
possess
it
unto
the
Lord,
or
they
should
be
b
destroyed
when
they
were
ripened
in
iniquity;
for
upon
such,
saith
the
Lord:
I
will
pour
out
the
fulness
of
my
wrath.
21 And
Emer
did
execute
judgment
in
righteousness
all
his
days,
and
he
begat
many
sons
and
daughters;
and
he
begat
Coriantum,
and
he
anointed
Coriantum
to
reign
in
his
stead.
22 And
after
he
had
anointed
Coriantum
to
reign
in
his
stead
he
lived
four
years,
and
he
saw
peace
in
the
land;
yea,
and
he
even
saw
the
a
Son
of
Righteousness,
and
did
rejoice
and
glory
in
his
day;
and
he
died
in
peace.
23 And
it
came
to
pass
that
Coriantum
did
walk
in
the
steps
of
his
father,
and
did
build
many
mighty
cities,
and
did
administer
that
which
was
good
unto
his
people
in
all
his
days.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
he
had
no
children
even
until
he
was
exceedingly
a
old.
24 And
it
came
to
pass
that
his
wife
died,
being
an
hundred
and
two
years
old.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
Coriantum
took
to
wife,
in
his
old
age,
a
young
maid,
and
begat
sons
and
daughters;
wherefore
he
lived
until
he
was
an
hundred
and
forty
and
two
years
old.
25 And
it
came
to
pass
that
he
begat
Com,
and
Com
reigned
in
his
stead;
and
he
reigned
forty
and
nine
years,
and
he
begat
Heth;
and
he
also
begat
other
sons
and
daughters.
26 And
the
people
had
spread
again
over
all
the
face
of
the
land,
and
there
began
again
to
be
an
exceedingly
great
wickedness
upon
the
face
of
the
land,
and
a
Heth
began
to
embrace
the
secret
plans
again
of
old,
to
destroy
his
father.
27 And
it
came
to
pass
that
he
did
dethrone
his
father,
for
he
slew
him
with
his
own
sword;
and
he
did
reign
in
his
stead.
28 And
there
came
prophets
in
the
land
a
again,
crying
repentance
unto
them—that
they
must
prepare
the
way
of
the
Lord
or
there
should
come
a
curse
upon
the
face
of
the
land;
yea,
even
there
should
be
a
great
famine,
in
which
they
should
be
destroyed
if
they
did
not
repent.
29 But
the
people
believed
not
the
words
of
the
prophets,
but
they
cast
them
out;
and
some
of
them
they
cast
into
a
pits
and
left
them
to
perish.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
they
did
all
these
things
according
to
the
commandment
of
the
king,
Heth.
30 And
it
came
to
pass
that
there
began
to
be
a
great
a
dearth
upon
the
land,
and
the
inhabitants
began
to
be
destroyed
exceedingly
fast
because
of
the
dearth,
for
there
was
no
rain
upon
the
face
of
the
earth.
31 And
there
came
forth
a
poisonous
serpents
also
upon
the
face
of
the
land,
and
did
poison
many
people.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
their
flocks
began
to
flee
before
the
poisonous
serpents,
towards
the
land
b
southward,
which
was
called
by
the
Nephites
c
Zarahemla.
32 And
it
came
to
pass
that
there
were
many
of
them
which
did
perish
by
the
way;
nevertheless,
there
were
some
which
fled
into
the
land
southward.
33 And
it
came
to
pass
that
the
Lord
did
cause
the
a
serpents
that
they
should
pursue
them
no
more,
but
that
they
should
hedge
up
the
way
that
the
people
could
not
pass,
that
whoso
should
attempt
to
pass
might
fall
by
the
poisonous
serpents.
34 And
it
came
to
pass
that
the
people
did
follow
the
course
of
the
beasts,
and
did
devour
the
a
carcasses
of
them
which
fell
by
the
way,
until
they
had
devoured
them
all.
Now
when
the
people
saw
that
they
must
b
perish
they
began
to
c
repent
of
their
iniquities
and
cry
unto
the
Lord.
35 And
it
came
to
pass
that
when
they
had
a
humbled
themselves
sufficiently
before
the
Lord
he
did
send
rain
upon
the
face
of
the
earth;
and
the
people
began
to
revive
again,
and
there
began
to
be
fruit
in
the
north
countries,
and
in
all
the
countries
round
about.
And
the
Lord
did
show
forth
his
power
unto
them
in
preserving
them
from
famine.
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