the city of Teancum and drove out the Nephites. They captured many women and children and offered them up as sacrifices to their idol gods.
In 367 AD the Nephites went against the Lamanites in great anger, for the Lamanites had sacrificed their women and children. They beat the Lamanites a second time and drove them out of their lands.
This time the Lamanites did not come back for eight years. When they did come back, they came in all their power, with an army too numerous to be counted. From this time on, the Nephites never overpowered the Lamanites again, but began to be swept off the earth like the morning dew before the sun.
The Lamanites attacked Desolation a third time and beat the Nephites in a very sore battle. The Nephites ran to the city of Boaz and stood very boldly against the Lamanites, who had to attack them twice before beating them. The Nephites were again driven and slaughtered, and again their women and children were sacrificed to idol gods. The Nephites ran, taking all the inhabitants of their towns and villages with them.
As I, Mormon, realized that the Lamanites were about to overthrow the land, I went to Shim Hill and took out all the records Ammaron had hidden unto the Lord.
Covenants remembered through this book...
(compare Mormon, chapter 5)
Then I went among the Nephites, breaking the oath I had made to no longer help them. They again gave me command of their armies and looked to me as if I could deliver them from their afflictions. But I had no hope for them, knowing that the Lord's judgments were upon them. They would not repent, but
