ALM 63:0 Shiblon succeeds Helaman--Death of Moroni--Hagoth, builder of
ships--Nephite voyages to the land northward--Helaman, son of Helaman, keeps
the records--Moronihah defeats Lamanites--End of Alma's account.
ALM 63:1 And it came to pass in the commencement of the thirty and sixth year
of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, that Shiblon took
possession of those sacred things which had been delivered unto Helaman by
Alma.
ALM 63:2 And he was a just man, and he did walk uprightly before God; and he
did observe to do good continually, to keep the commandments of the Lord his
God; and also did his brother.
ALM 63:3 And it came to pass that Moroni died also. And thus ended the thirty
and sixth year of the reign of the judges.
ALM 63:4 And it came to pass that in the thirty and seventh year of the reign
of the judges, there was a large company of men, even to the amount of five
thousand and four hundred men, with their wives and their children, departed
out of the land of Zarahemla into the land which was northward.
ALM 63:5 And it came to pass that Hagoth, he being an exceedingly curious
man, therefore he went forth and built him an exceedingly large ship, on the
borders of the land Bountiful, by the land Desolation, and launched it forth
into the west sea, by the narrow neck which led into the land northward.
ALM 63:6 And behold, there were many of the Nephites who did enter therein
and did sail forth with much provisions, and also many women and children;
and they took their course northward. And thus ended the thirty and seventh
year.
ALM 63:7 And in the thirty and eighth year, this man built other ships. And
the first ship did also return, and many more people did enter into it; and
they also took much provisions, and set out again to the land northward.
ALM 63:8 And it came to pass that they were never heard of more. And we
suppose that they were drowned in the depths of the sea. And it came to pass
that one other ship also did sail forth; and whither she did go we know not.
ALM 63:9 And it came to pass that in this year there were many people who
went forth into the land northward. And thus ended the thirty and eighth
year.
ALM 63:10 And it came to pass in the thirty and ninth year of the reign of
the judges, Shiblon died also, and Corianton had gone forth to the land
northward in a ship, to carry forth provisions unto the people who had gone
forth into that land.
ALM 63:11 Therefore it became expedient for Shiblon to confer those sacred
things, before his death, upon the son of Helaman, who was called Helaman,
being called after the name of his father.
ALM 63:12 Now behold, all those engravings which were in the possession of
Helaman were written and sent forth among the children of men throughout all
the land, save it were those parts which had been commanded by Alma should
not go forth.
ALM 63:13 Nevertheless, these things were to be kept sacred, and handed down
from one generation to another; therefore, in this year, they had been
conferred upon Helaman, before the death of Shiblon.
ALM 63:14 And it came to pass also in this year that there were some
dissenters who had gone forth unto the Lamanites; and they were stirred up
again to anger against the Nephites.
ALM 63:15 And also in this same year they came down with a numerous army to
war against the people of Moronihah, or against the army of Moronihah, in the
which they were beaten and driven back again to their own lands, suffering
great loss.
ALM 63:16 And thus ended the thirty and ninth year of the reign of the judges
over the people of Nephi.
ALM 63:17 And thus ended the account of Alma, and Helaman his son, and also
Shiblon, who was his son.
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