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 by what is engraved on these plates.


 * Now back to King Benjamin.

His own people, the Nephites, fought a great deal among themselves.

Then the Lamanite armies came from the land of Nephi to attack them. King Benjamin gathered armies to defend his people, and he himself used Laban's sword while battling the Lamanites.

Because the Nephites were strengthened by the Lord, they killed several thousand Lamanites and chased the rest of them out of their lands of inheritance.

Among the Nephites, there had been false Christs who were silenced and punished according to their crimes.

There were also false prophets, preachers and teachers among the Nephites, who had caused much of the fighting and defecting to the Lamanites. They were also punished. With the assistance of the holy prophets among his people, King Benjamin had seen to this justice.

King Benjamin was a holy man, who reigned in righteousness. There were many other holy men in the land who spoke God's words with power and authority. They spoke sharply because the Nephites were stubborn.

With the help of these holy men, and by laboring with all the strength of his body and soul, King Benjamin established peace again in the land.