7:1 And it came to pass that Orihah did execute
judgment upon the land in righteousness all his days,
whose days were exceedingly many. |
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7:2 And he begat sons and daughters; yea, he begat
thirty and one, among whom were twenty and three sons. |
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7:3 And it came to pass that he also begat Kib in
his old age. And it came to pass that Kib reigned in his
stead; and Kib begat Corihor. |
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7:4 And when Corihor was thirty and two years old
he rebelled against his father, and went over and dwelt
in the land of Nehor; and he begat sons and daughters,
and they became exceedingly fair; wherefore Corihor drew
away many people after him. |
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7:5 And when he had gathered together an army he
came up unto the land of Moron where the king dwelt, and
took him captive, which brought to pass the saying of the
brother of Jared that they would be brought into
captivity. |
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7:6 Now the land of Moron, where the king dwelt,
was near the land which is called Desolation by the
Nephites. |
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7:7 And it came to pass that Kib dwelt in
captivity, and his people under Corihor his son, until he
became exceedingly old; nevertheless Kib begat Shule in
his old age, while he was yet in captivity. |
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7:8 And it came to pass that Shule was angry with
his brother; and Shule waxed strong, and became mighty as
to the strength of a man; and he was also mighty in
judgment. |
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7:9 Wherefore, he came to the hill Ephraim, and he
did molten out of the hill, and made swords out of steel for those whom
he had drawn away with him; and after he had armed them
with swords he returned to the city Nehor, and gave
battle unto his brother Corihor, by which means he
obtained the kingdom and restored it unto his father Kib.
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7:10 And now because of the thing which Shule had
done, his father bestowed upon him the kingdom; therefore
he began to reign in the stead of his father. |
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7:11 And it came to pass that he did execute
judgment in righteousness; and he did spread his kingdom
upon all the face of the land, for the people had become
exceedingly numerous. |
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7:12 And it came to pass that Shule also begat many
sons and daughters. |
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7:13 And Corihor repented of the many evils which he
had done; wherefore Shule gave him power in his kingdom. |
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7:14 And it came to pass that Corihor had many sons
and daughters. And among the sons of Corihor there was
one whose name was Noah. |
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7:15 And it came to pass that Noah rebelled against
Shule, the king, and also his father Corihor, and drew
away Cohor his brother, and also all his brethren and
many of the people. |
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7:16 And he gave battle unto Shule, the king, in
which he did obtain the land of their first inheritance;
and he became a king over that part of the land. |
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7:17 And it came to pass that he gave battle again
unto Shule, the king; and he took Shule, the king, and
carried him away captive into Moron. |
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7:18 And it came to pass as he was about to put him
to death, the sons of Shule crept into the house of Noah
by night and slew him, and broke down the door of the
prison and brought out their father, and placed him upon
his throne in his own kingdom. |
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7:19 Wherefore, the son of Noah did build up his
kingdom in his stead; nevertheless they did not gain
power any more over Shule the king, and the people who
were under the reign of Shule the king did prosper
exceedingly and wax great. |
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7:20 And the country was divided; and there were two
kingdoms, the kingdom of Shule, and the kingdom of Cohor,
the son of Noah. |
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7:21 And Cohor, the son of Noah, caused that his
people should give battle unto Shule, in which Shule did
beat them and did slay Cohor. |
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7:22 And now Cohor had a son who was called Nimrod;
and Nimrod gave up the kingdom of Cohor unto Shule, and
he did gain favor in the eyes of Shule; wherefore Shule
did bestow great favors upon him, and he did do in the
kingdom of Shule according to his desires. |
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7:23 And also in the reign of Shule there came
prophets among the people, who were sent from the Lord,
prophesying that the wickedness and idolatry of the
people was bringing a curse upon the land, and they
should be destroyed if they did not repent. |
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7:24 And it came to pass that the people did revile
against the prophets, and did mock them. And it came to
pass that king Shule did execute judgment against all
those who did revile against the prophets. |
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7:25 And he did execute a law throughout all the
land, which gave power unto the prophets that they should
go whithersoever they would; and by this cause the people
were brought unto repentance. |
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7:26 And because the people did repent of their
iniquities and idolatries the Lord did spare them, and
they began to prosper again in the land. And it came to
pass that Shule begat sons and daughters in his old age. |
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7:27 And there were no more wars in the days of
Shule; and he remembered the great things that the Lord
had done for his fathers in bringing them across the
great deep into the promised land; wherefore he did
execute judgment in righteousness all his days. |
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