in unbelief. We would be like the Lamanites, who know nothing about God's commandments and mysteries. They don't believe these things because they are misguided by their forefathers’ false traditions. Remember this, for these records are true.
And these plates Nephi made, which contain our forefathers’ words from the time they left Jerusalem until now, are also true. Remember to search them diligently so you may profit from them.
I want you to keep God's commandments so you will prosper in the land, according to the promises He made to our forefathers.”
King Benjamin taught many more things to his sons not written here.
As he grew old and realized he would soon die, he felt it necessary to confer the kingdom upon one of his sons. And so he called for Mosiah, named after his grandfather, and said to him,
"My son, I want you to make a proclamation throughout all the land of Zarahemla. Tell the people to assemble tomorrow, when I will proclaim that you are now a king and ruler over this people, whom the Lord our God has given us.
Tomorrow I will also give this people a name to distinguish them from all the people the Lord God has brought out of Jerusalem. I will do this because they have been diligently keeping the Lord's commandments. It will always be their name unless they become sinful.
For if this people, who are now highly favored of the Lord, become wicked and adulterous, the Lord will deliver them to the Lamanites by taking away their strength and protection.
Then He will no longer save them by His matchless and marvelous power as He saved our forefathers. If the Lord had not extended
