Helaman Chapter 9

** IMPORTANT NOTE ** The remaining chapters of Helaman, Chapters 7-16, represent the Prophecy of Nephi (the son of Helaman). God threatens the people of Nephi that they will be destroyed unless they repent of the wicked ways (chapters 7-10). God smites the people with famine and pestilance; they repent and turn back to him (chapters 11-12). Then Samuel, the Lamanite prophecies of the coming of Jesus Christ (chapters 13-15).

Summary: A number of people go to the judgment seat to see if the chief judge has been murdered - and he has. The people begin to believe that Nephi may be a prophet and that his teachings, to repent and come onto God, may be real. The five men who found the judge murdered are, they did belief what Nephi was saying and they were fearful and fell to the earth. Other gather and assume these five are the murderers and imprison them. When questioned the next day, they repeat the story that Nephi had said and assert that they had nothing to do with the murders and the Nephi was a prophet of God. The judges set them free but bind Nephi and question him. Nephi again tells them, by inspiration, who the murderer is. With this, many people start to listen and believe that Nephi is indeed a prophet of God.

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