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And it came to pass that after Ananias did lead his people out of the city, behold Zenos, Zenock and I did find ourselves in the midst of many dead.
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And while we were thus communing among ourselves, behold an angel did come unto us and he did lead us whithersoever YHVH would have us go.
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And behold, as we were thus preaching, we did find ourselves upon the mount of olives. And behold, there was a great many there, as it were a great sea. And thus did this sea part.
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And behold, through stepped a great many men, and they did lead a great king, yea, even the king of Assyria.
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And behold, the crowd did wonder after the king and went in the manner of worshiping him.
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And behold, I did open my mouth as if to speak, yet the spirit did stop my utterance. And I was instructed to watch and wait.
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Then did this king come down from his throne to address the crowd, and these are the words which he said: Listen, oh you people of Jerusalem, make haste. For I have come among you to deliver a message of peace and of friendship.
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Therefore, make haste unto your king that we may convene and great shall be your reward.
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And it came to pass that all in the city did prepare a way for this king of Assyria. And they did shade the road for him, for all knew of the greatness of the king of Assyria.
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And behold, this king did go forward upon a great steed, white and strong. And behold, as many as did see him did kneel down and did worship. And many did give of their substance freely unto this king.
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And as many as did worship and applaud the king did the king send his servants to give gifts unto. And behold, these were fruits of the lands, even dates and berries.
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And I beheld the image of an eagle which is the banner which this king did fly.
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And verily then were my brethren and I surly worried for these our people. For they did reject the very Lord their Elohim but did straightway worship this strange king from the west.
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And this king did preach unto the people, and the people did sit at his feet. And the High Priest did take this man by the hand and did lead him in unto the king.
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And behold, they did take him even into the very temple. Yea, and the people did approve greatly this, for they did esteem this celebrity as one of their own.
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And behold, this king did straightway sing praises unto the people and said that theirs was religion undefiled.
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Then all did kneel again before this strange king and did sing praises of their Elohim.
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And behold, then did all the prophets gather in unto themselves to discuss this great event that had just occurred.
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And so greatly astonished were we at this turn that we all did go unto ourselves to commune with Elohim.
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And I, Lehi, did go unto my house. And behold, it was with great distress that I did see my family joying at the arrival of this king. For he had proclaimed, peace! Peace! Therefore, were their hearts gladdened.
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And behold, I was greatly troubled. Therefore, I did speak unto them of all my doings. And I did preach unto them of the many visions I had seen. And I did tell them of the very destruction of Jerusalem.
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And their hearts were hardened unto me, and they did call me a fool and did say that I had been taken up in the vein imaginations of my heart. And many such things did they speak unto me.
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Then did I find myself in my closet, and I did pray mighty unto my Elohim, and I did fear and doubt in my heart. And YHVH spoke no thing unto me. Therefore, I did go unto the prophets.
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And behold, we did then convene, and we did eat of bread and drink of fine wine. And behold, when we were thus drunk, YHVH did come unto us. And He did tell us all things that we must do.
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And then we did mourn in our hearts for they we had called our brethren. For we were commanded to depart out of this land even as Ananias.
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And thus did YHVH say, that because His people had continually hardened their hearts against him, He would cut them off.
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Yet, we, He would preserve. And we were not told wither we should go, but that we would be lead as if by the hand.
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Nevertheless, we were commanded, even all of us to go one last time unto the people to proclaim unto them of their wickedness and of their certain destruction.
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Therefore, we did bid farewell unto each other, and we did depart out from that house never to return again.
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And withersoever all my brethren went, I know not.