SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTERS
Chapter 1: King benjamin teaches his sons the language and prophecies of his fathers, their religion and civilization have been preserved because of the records kept on the various plates, mosiah is chosen as king and is given custody of the records and other things
Chapter 2: king benjamin addresses his people, he recounts the equity, fairness and spirituality of his reign, he councels them to serve their heavenly king, those who rebel against God will suffer anguish like unquenchable fire
Chapter 3: king benjamin continues his address, the lord omnipotent shall reign in a tabernacle of clay, blood shall come from every pore as he atones for the sins of the world, his is the only name whereby salvation comes, men can put off the natural man and become saints through the atonement, the torment of the wicked shall be like a lake of fire and brimstone.
Chapter 4: king benjamin continues his address, salvation comes because of the atonement, believe in God to be saved, retain a remission of your sins through faithfulness, impart of your substanance to the poor do all things in wisdom and order
Chapter 5: the saints become the sons and daughters of Christ through faith, they are then called by the name of Christ, king benjamin exhorts them to be stead fast and immovable in good works
Chapter 6: king benjamin records the names of the people and appoints priests to teach them, mosiah reigns as a righteous king,
Chapter 7: ammon finds the land of nephi-lehi where limhi is king, limhi’s people is in bondage to the lamanites, limhi recounts their history, a prophet, abinidai had testified that Christ is the God and father of all things, those who sow fillthiness reap the whirlwind, and those who put their trust in the Lord shall be delivered
Chapter 8: ammon teaches the people of limhi, he learns of the 24 jaredite plates, ancient records can be translated by seers, the gift of seership exceeds all others
The record of zeniff until the time they left zarahemla until the time they were delivered out of the hands of the lamanites, comprising chapters 9 to 22 inclusive
Chapter 9: zeniff leads a group from zarahemla to possess the land of nephi lehi, the lamanite king permits them to inherit the land there is war between the lamanites and zeniffs’ people
Chapter 10: king laman dies his people are wild and ferocious and believe in false traditions, zeniff and his people prevail against them,
Chapter 11: king noah rules in wickedness, he revels n riotous living with his wives and concubines, abinidai profisies that the people will be taken into bondage, his life is sought by king noah,
Chapter 12: abinadi is imprisoned for prophesying the destruction of the people and the death of king noah, false priests quote the scriptures and pretend to keep the law of moses, abinadi begins to teach them the ten commandments
Chapter 13: Abinadi is protected by a divine power, he teaches the ten commandments, salvation does not come by the law of moses alone, God himself shall make an atonement and redeem his people
Chapter 14: Isaiah speaks messianically, messiahs humiliation and sufferings are set forth, he makes his soul an offering for sin, and makes intersession for transgressors, compare isaiah 53
Chapter 15: how Christ is both the father and the son, he shall make intercession and he shall bear the transgressions of his people, they and all the holy prophets are received, he bringeth to pass the ressurection, little children have eternal life
Chapter 16: God redeems men from their lost and fallen state those that are carnal remainas though there was no redemption, Christ brings to pass the ressurection to eternal life, or to eternal damnation
Chapter 17: alma believes and writes the words of abinadi, abinadi suffers death by fire, he prophesies disease and death by fire on his murderers
Chapter 18: alma preaches in private, he sets forth a covenant of baptism and baptizes at the waters of mormon, he organizes the church of Christ and ordains priests they support themselves and teach the people, alma and his people flee from king noah into the wilderness
Chapter 19: gideon seeks to slay king noah, the lamanites invade the land, king noah suffers death by fire, limhi rules as a tributary monarch
Chapter 20: lamanite daughters are abducted by the priests of noah, the lamanites wage war upon limhi and his people, they are repulsed and passified
Chapter 21: limhi’s people are smitten and defeated by the lamanites, they meet ammon and are converted, they tell ammon of the 24 jaredite plates
Chapter22: Plans are made for the people to escape lamanite bondage, the lamanites are made drunk, the people escape return to zarahemla, and become subject to king mosiah.
an account of alma and the people of the lord who were driven into the wilderness by king noah.
Chapter 23: alma refuses to be king he serves as high priest, the lord chastens his people and the lamanites conquer the land helam amulon, leader of king noah’s wicked priests rules subject to the lamanite monarch
Chapter 24: amulon persecutes alma and his people, they are to be put to death if they pray, the lord makes their burdens seem light, he delivers them from bondage and they return to zarahemla
Chapter 25: the people the mulecites of zarahemla bcome nephites, they learn of the people of alma and zeniff alma baptizes limhi and all his people mosiah authorizes alma to organize the church of God
Chapter 26: many members of the the church are led into sin by unbelievers, alma is promised eternal life, those who repent and are baptized gain forgiveness, church members who confess to alma and church members are forgiven, otherwise they shall be excommunicated
Chapter 27: mosiah forbids persecution and enjoys equality, alma the younger and the four sons of mosiah seek to destroy the church, an angel appears to them and commands them to cease their evil course, alma is struck dumb, all mankind must be born again to gain salvation, alma and the four sons of mosiah declare glad tidings
Chapter 28: the sons of mosiah shall have eternal life, they go to preach to the lamanites, mosiah translates the jaredite plates, with the two seer stones
Chapter 29: mosiah proposes that judges be chosen in place of a king, unrighteous kings lead their people into sin, alma the younger is chosen chief judge by the voice of the people, is also the high priest over the church, alma the elder and mosiah die.