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Lemuel, City of. sustained Laman, and when, after the death of Lehi, the colony divided, Lemuel and his family joined their fortunes to that of his elder brother. Of Lemuel's domestic life we only know that he married a daughter of Ishmael. Of the time and place of his death we are told nothing. The descendants of Lemuel appear to have inherited the characteristics of their progenitor — they took a secondary place in the Lamanite nation, and we do not read of one prominent charactler, either in Nephite or Lamanite history, who was descended from him.  LEMUEL, CITY OF. A city of the Lamanites, whose inhabitants were converted to the Lord by the preaching of the sons of Mosiah, and became a portion of the people of Anti-Lehi-Nephi. They, no doubt, afterwards suffered in the ruthless persecutions inflicted upon the Christian Lamanites, and those who survived migrated to the land of Jershon, with the rest of their brethren. (B. C. 78).   LEMUEL, VALLEY OF. After three days' journey through the desert bordering the upper waters of the Red Sea, (Gulf of Arabia,) Lehi and his colony reached a small valley wherein they camped and built an altar to the Lord. A river ran through it and emptied into the sea. To the river, Lehi gave the name of Laman, and to the valley, that of Lemuel, after his two eldest sons, remarking to Lemuel "O that thou mightest be like unto this valley, firm and steadfast, and immovable in keeping the commandments of the Lord." After a stay of considerable length, Lehi continued his journey down the shores of the Red Sea. (B. C. 600.)   LEMUELITES. The descendants of Lemuel. They formed a portion of the Lamanite nation, but do not appear to have taken a prominent position in the conduct of its affairs. The descendants of Laman were the controlling 