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Mosiah 19
Gideon seeks to slay King Noah—The Lamanites invade the land—King Noah suffers death by fire—Limhi rules as a tributary monarch. About 145–121 B.C.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
the
a
army
of
the
king
returned,
having
searched
in
vain
for
the
people
of
the
Lord.
2 And
now
behold,
the
forces
of
the
king
were
small,
having
been
reduced,
and
there
began
to
be
a
division
among
the
remainder
of
the
people.
3 And
the
lesser
part
began
to
a
breathe
out
threatenings
against
the
king,
and
there
began
to
be
a
great
contention
among
them.
4 And
now
there
was
a
man
among
them
whose
name
was
Gideon,
and
he
being
a
strong
man
and
an
enemy
to
the
king,
therefore
he
drew
his
sword,
and
swore
in
his
wrath
that
he
would
slay
the
king.
5 And
it
came
to
pass
that
he
fought
with
the
king;
and
when
the
king
saw
that
he
was
about
to
overpower
him,
he
fled
and
ran
and
got
upon
the
a
tower
which
was
near
the
temple.
6 And
Gideon
pursued
after
him
and
was
about
to
get
upon
the
tower
to
slay
the
king,
and
the
king
cast
his
eyes
round
about
towards
the
land
of
a
Shemlon,
and
behold,
the
army
of
the
Lamanites
were
within
the
borders
of
the
land.
7 And
now
the
king
cried
out
in
the
anguish
of
his
soul,
saying:
Gideon,
a
spare
me,
for
the
Lamanites
are
upon
us,
and
they
will
destroy
us;
yea,
they
will
destroy
my
people.
8 And
now
the
king
was
not
so
much
concerned
about
his
people
as
he
was
about
his
a
own
life;
nevertheless,
Gideon
did
spare
his
life.
9 And
the
king
commanded
the
people
that
they
should
flee
before
the
Lamanites,
and
he
himself
did
go
before
them,
and
they
did
flee
into
the
wilderness,
with
their
women
and
their
children.
10 And
it
came
to
pass
that
the
Lamanites
did
pursue
them,
and
did
overtake
them,
and
began
to
slay
them.
11 Now
it
came
to
pass
that
the
king
commanded
them
that
all
the
men
should
a
leave
their
wives
and
their
children,
and
flee
before
the
Lamanites.
12 Now
there
were
many
that
would
not
leave
them,
but
had
rather
stay
and
perish
with
them.
And
the
rest
left
their
wives
and
their
children
and
fled.
13 And
it
came
to
pass
that
those
who
tarried
with
their
wives
and
their
children
caused
that
their
fair
daughters
should
stand
forth
and
plead
with
the
Lamanites
that
they
would
not
slay
them.
14 And
it
came
to
pass
that
the
Lamanites
had
compassion
on
them,
for
they
were
charmed
with
the
beauty
of
their
women.
15 Therefore
the
Lamanites
did
spare
their
lives,
and
took
them
captives
and
carried
them
back
to
the
land
of
Nephi,
and
granted
unto
them
that
they
might
possess
the
land,
under
the
conditions
that
they
would
deliver
up
king
Noah
into
the
hands
of
the
Lamanites,
and
deliver
up
their
property,
even
a
one
half
of
all
they
possessed,
one
half
of
their
gold,
and
their
silver,
and
all
their
precious
things,
and
thus
they
should
pay
tribute
to
the
king
of
the
Lamanites
from
year
to
year.
16 And
now
there
was
one
of
the
sons
of
the
king
among
those
that
were
taken
captive,
whose
name
was
a
Limhi.
17 And
now
Limhi
was
desirous
that
his
father
should
not
be
destroyed;
nevertheless,
Limhi
was
not
ignorant
of
the
iniquities
of
his
father,
he
himself
being
a
just
man.
18 And
it
came
to
pass
that
Gideon
sent
men
into
the
wilderness
secretly,
to
search
for
the
king
and
those
that
were
with
him.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
they
met
the
people
in
the
wilderness,
all
save
the
king
and
his
priests.
19 Now
they
had
sworn
in
their
hearts
that
they
would
return
to
the
land
of
Nephi,
and
if
their
a
wives
and
their
children
were
slain,
and
also
those
that
had
tarried
with
them,
that
they
would
seek
revenge,
and
also
perish
with
them.
20 And
the
king
commanded
them
that
they
should
not
return;
and
they
were
angry
with
the
king,
and
caused
that
he
should
suffer,
even
unto
a
death
by
fire.
21 And
they
were
about
to
take
the
priests
also
and
a
put
them
to
death,
and
they
fled
before
them.
22 And
it
came
to
pass
that
they
were
about
to
return
to
the
land
of
Nephi,
and
they
met
the
men
of
Gideon.
And
the
men
of
Gideon
told
them
of
all
that
had
happened
to
their
wives
and
their
children;
and
that
the
Lamanites
had
granted
unto
them
that
they
might
possess
the
land
by
paying
a
tribute
to
the
Lamanites
of
one
half
of
all
they
possessed.
23 And
the
people
told
the
men
of
a
Gideon
that
they
had
slain
the
king,
and
his
b
priests
had
fled
from
them
farther
into
the
wilderness.
24 And
it
came
to
pass
that
after
they
had
ended
the
ceremony,
that
they
returned
to
the
land
of
Nephi,
rejoicing,
because
their
wives
and
their
children
were
not
slain;
and
they
told
Gideon
what
they
had
done
to
the
king.
25 And
it
came
to
pass
that
the
king
of
the
Lamanites
made
an
a
oath
unto
them,
that
his
people
should
not
slay
them.
26 And
also
Limhi,
being
the
son
of
the
king,
having
the
kingdom
conferred
upon
him
a
by
the
people,
made
b
oath
unto
the
king
of
the
Lamanites
that
his
people
should
pay
c
tribute
unto
him,
even
one
half
of
all
they
possessed.
27 And
it
came
to
pass
that
Limhi
began
to
establish
the
kingdom
and
to
establish
a
peace
among
his
people.
28 And
the
king
of
the
Lamanites
set
a
guards
round
about
the
land,
that
he
might
b
keep
the
people
of
Limhi
in
the
land,
that
they
might
not
depart
into
the
wilderness;
and
he
did
support
his
guards
out
of
the
tribute
which
he
did
receive
from
the
Nephites.
29 And
now
king
Limhi
did
have
continual
peace
in
his
kingdom
for
the
space
of
two
years,
that
the
Lamanites
did
not
molest
them
nor
seek
to
destroy
them.
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