A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Sam
SAM. An Israelite of the tribe of Manasseh. He was the third son of Lehi and Sariah, and was born and brought up in Jerusalem. He accompanied his parents in their exodus from that city (B. C. 600), and was priveleged, with them, to reach the promised land. He does not appear to have been a leading spirit, but was obedient and faithful, and in almost every case sided with the right and followed the teachings of his father and the counsels of his more fervent brother, Nephi. For this he suffered the anger and abuse of his elder brothers, who sometimes resorted to personal violence when matters did not go to suit them. When the colony divided, after the death of Lehi, Sam and his family joined their fortunes to those of Nephi. Of Sam's birth and death we have no record. He married one of the daughters of Ishmael while the party was encamped in the valley of Lemuel, on the borders of the Red Sea.