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was covered with animals of the forest. And Lib also himself

       became a great hunter.

      Ether 10:20

       20 And they built a great city by the narrow neck of land, by

       the place where the sea divides the land.

      Ether 10:21

       21 And they did preserve the land southward for a wilderness, to

       get game. And the whole face of the land northward was covered

       with inhabitants.

      Ether 10:22

       22 And they were exceedingly industrious, and they did buy and

       sell and traffic one with another, that they might get gain.

      Ether 10:23

       23 And they did work in all manner of ore, and they did make

       gold, and silver, and iron, and brass, and all manner of metals;

       and they did dig it out of the earth; wherefore they did cast up

       mighty heaps of earth to get ore, of gold, and of silver, and of

       iron, and of copper. And they did work all manner of fine work.

      Ether 10:24

       24 And they did have silks, and fine-twined linen; and they did

       work all manner of cloth, that they might clothe themselves from

       their nakedness.

      Ether 10:25

       25 And they did make all manner of tools to till the earth, both

       to plow and to sow, to reap and to hoe, and also to thrash.

      Ether 10:26

       26 And they did make all manner of tools with which they did

       work their beasts.

      Ether 10:27

       27 And they did make all manner of weapons of war. And they did

       work all manner of work of exceedingly curious workmanship.

      Ether 10:28

       28 And never could be a people more blessed than were they, and

       more prospered by the hand of the Lord. And they were in a land

       that was choice above all lands, for the Lord had spoken it.

      Ether 10:29

       29 And it came to pass that Lib did live many years, and begat

       sons and daughters; and he also begat Hearthom.

      Ether 10:30

       30 And it came to pass that Hearthom reigned in the stead of his

       father. And when Hearthom had reigned twenty and four years,

       behold, the kingdom was taken away from him. And he served many

       years in captivity, yea, even all the remainder of his days.

      Ether 10:31

       31 And he begat Heth, and Heth lived in captivity all his days.

       And Heth begat Aaron, and Aaron dwelt in captivity all his days;

       and he begat Amnigaddah, and Amnigaddah also dwelt in captivity

       all his days; and he begat Coriantum, and Coriantum dwelt in

       captivity all his days; and he begat Com.

      Ether 10:32

       32 And it came to pass that Com drew away the half of the

       kingdom. And he reigned over the half of the kingdom forty and

       two years; and he went to battle against the king, Amgid, and

       they fought for the space of many years, during which time Com

       gained power over Amgid, and obtained power over the remainder of

       the kingdom.

      Ether 10:33

       33 And in the days of Com there began to be robbers in the land;

       and they adopted the old plans, and administered oaths after the

       manner of the ancients, and sought again to destroy the kingdom.

      Ether 10:34

       34 Now Com did fight against them much; nevertheless, he did not

       prevail against them.

      Ether 11 Chapter 11

      Ether 11:1

       1 And there came also in the days of Com many prophets, and

       prophesied of the destruction of that great people except they

       should repent, and turn unto the Lord, and forsake their murders

       and wickedness.

      Ether 11:2

       2 And it came to pass that the prophets were rejected by the

       people, and they fled unto Com for protection, for the people

       sought to destroy them.

      Ether 11:3

       3 And they prophesied unto Com many things; and he was blessed

       in all the remainder of his days.

      Ether 11:4

       4 And he lived to a good old age, and begat Shiblom; and Shiblom

       reigned in his stead. And the brother of Shiblom rebelled

       against him, and there began to be an exceedingly great war in

       all the land.

      Ether 11:5

       5 And it came to pass that the brother of Shiblom caused that

       all the prophets who prophesied of the destruction of the people

       should be put to death;

      Ether 11:6

       6 And there was great calamity in all the land, for they had

       testified that a great curse should come upon the land, and also

       upon the people, and that there should be a great destruction

       among them, such an one as never had been upon the face of the

       earth, and their bones should become as heaps of earth upon the

       face of the land except they should repent of their wickedness.

      Ether 11:7

       7 And they hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord, because of

       their wicked combinations; wherefore, there began to be wars and

       contentions in all the land, and also many famines and

       pestilences, insomuch that there was a great destruction, such an

       one as never had been known upon the face of the earth; and all

       this came to pass in the days of Shiblom.

      Ether 11:8

       8 And the people began to repent of their iniquity; and inasmuch

       as they did the Lord did have mercy on them.

      Ether 11:9

       9 And it came to pass that Shiblom was slain, and Seth was

       brought into captivity, and did dwell in captivity all his days.

      Ether 11:10

       10 And it came to pass that Ahah, his son, did obtain the

       kingdom; and he did reign over the people all his days. And he

       did do all manner of iniquity in his days, by which he did cause

       the shedding of much blood; and few were his days.

      Ether 11:11

       11 And Ethem, being a descendant of Ahah, did