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Bethabary. God, which most of them faithfully observed to the end of their mortal lives.

King Benjamin's truly royal work was now done. He had lived to bring his people into communion with their Creator, his spirit was full of heavenly joy, but his body trembled under the weight of many years. So before he dismissed the multitude he consecrated his son Mosiah to be their king, appointed priests to instruct the people in the ways of the Lord, and, with his patriarchal blessing, dismissed his subjects. Then, according to their respective families, they all departed for their own homes.

Mosiah now reigned in his father's stead, while Benjamin, beloved and honored, remained yet another three years on the earth before he returned to the presence of his Father in heaven.  BETHABARY. Otherwise BETHABARA. The place “beyond Jordan” where John the Baptist baptized. It is mentioned in Lehi's prophecy (I Nephi, 10:9) of the baptism of the Savior.   BIRDS. The Birds named in the Book of Mormon are the Bittern, Chicken, Dove, Fowl, Hen, Owl, and Vulture.   BOAZ, CITY OF. A city evidently situated a short distance north of the Isthmus of Panama. In the last war between the Nephites and Lamanites, the Nephites having on one occasion been beaten in a severe battle, in the land of Desolation, fled to Boaz. To this place the Lamanites followed them, but were unsuccessful in their first attack, as the Nephites defended it with great boldness. In their second attack they carried the city, and the defenders suffered great loss. The conquerors took the Nephite women and children whom they had made prisoners and sacrificed them to their idols. (About A. C. 375.)   BOUNTIFUL, CITY OF. The chief city of the Nephites, in the land Bountiful, situated, apparently, not far from the shore of the great eastern <section end="Bountiful, City of" />