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Nephihah, City of. Alma had such great confidence in him that he desired to intrust him with the sacred records. This honor and responsibility Nephihah declined, and Alma conferred these treasures upon his son Helaman. Nephihah was succeeded in the judgment seat by his son Pahoran.  '''NEPHIHAH. CITY OF.''' We fancy there were two cities of this name; one situated on the southern frontier, some distance east of Manti and the Sidon (Alma, 56:25); the other on the Atlantic seaboard, north of Moroni (Alma, 50: 14). Of this latter city it is written that in the year B. C. 72 the Nephites began a foundation for a city between the city of Moroni and the city of Aaron, joining the city of Aaron and Moroni; and they called the name of the city or land, Nephihah. This is the region again referred to in chapters 51, 59 and 62 of the Book of Alma. It was captured by the Lamanites B. C. 67 and retained by them until B. C. 61, when Moroni retook it by a night surprise. Elder Orson Pratt, in a footnote to chapter 56, draws attention to the fact that the Nephihah there mentioned is not the one spoken of in the other chapters.   NEPHIHAH, PLAINS OF. Plains near that city of Nephihah mentioned in Alma, ch. 62. Here Moroni desired the Lamanites to meet him in battle, but they, knowing the great courage of the Nephites and the greatness of their numbers, kept within the walls of the city.   NEPHIHAH, LAND OF. The region on the Atlantic seaboard immediately surrounding the city of the same name. It appears to have been bounded by the land of Moroni on the south, while that of Aaron was contiguous in another quarter (probably north).   NEPHITES, THE. A people descended from Manasseh, the son of Joseph, named after Nephi, the fourth son of Lehi, who, in connection with the Lamanites, occupied the American continent <section end="Nephites" />