namaan the leper white person, in the military was on a people snatching business from other country.....but that doesnt make it law, that makes it history. 2 kings 5.2
11 And the battle commenced in this the sixth month; and great and terrible was the battle thereof, yea, great and terrible was the slaughter thereof, insomuch that there never was known so great a slaughter among all the people of Lehi since he left Jerusalem.
12 And notwithstanding the threatenings and the oaths which Giddianhi had made, behold, the Nephites did beat them, insomuch that they did fall back from before them.
13 And it came to pass that Gidgiddoni
commanded that his armies should pursue them as far as the borders of
the wilderness, and that they should not spare any that should fall into
their hands by the way; and thus they did pursue them and did slay
them, to the borders of the wilderness, even until they had fulfilled
the commandment of Gidgiddoni.
14 And
it came to pass that Giddianhi, who had stood and fought with boldness,
was pursued as he fled; and being weary because of his much fighting he
was overtaken and slain. And thus was the end of Giddianhi the robber.
15 And
it came to pass that the armies of the Nephites did return again to
their place of security.
And it came to pass that this nineteenth year did pass away, and the robbers did not come again to battle; neither did they come again in the twentieth year.
And it came to pass that this nineteenth year did pass away, and the robbers did not come again to battle; neither did they come again in the twentieth year.
16 And
in the twenty and first year they did not come up to battle, but they
came up on all sides to lay siege round about the people of Nephi; for
they did suppose that if they should cut off the people of Nephi from
their lands,
and should hem them in on every side, and if they should cut them off
from all their outward privileges, that they could cause them to yield
themselves up according to their wishes.
17 Now
they had appointed unto themselves another leader, whose name was
Zemnarihah; therefore it was Zemnarihah that did cause that this siege
should take place.
18 But behold, this was an advantage to the Nephites; for it was impossible for the robbers to lay siege sufficiently long to have any effect upon the Nephites, because of their much provision which they had laid up in store,
19 And
because of the scantiness of provisions among the robbers; for behold,
they had nothing save it were meat for their subsistence, which meat
they did obtain in the wilderness;
23 And
it came to pass that Zemnarihah did give command unto his people that
they should withdraw themselves from the siege, and march into the
furthermost parts of the land northward.
24 And
now, Gidgiddoni being aware of their design, and knowing of their
weakness because of the want of food, and the great slaughter which had
been made among them, therefore he did send out his armies in the
night-time, and did cut off the way of their retreat, and did place his
armies in the way of their retreat.
25 And
this did they do in the night-time, and got on their march beyond the
robbers, so that on the morrow, when the robbers began their march, they
were met by the armies of the Nephites both in their front and in their
rear.
26 And
the robbers who were on the south were also cut off in their places of
retreat. And all these things were done by command of Gidgiddoni.
27 And there were many thousands who did yield themselves up prisoners unto the Nephites, and the remainder of them were slain.
28 And
their leader, Zemnarihah, was taken and hanged upon a tree, yea, even
upon the top thereof until he was dead. And when they had hanged him
until he was dead they did fell the tree to the earth, and did cry with a
loud voice, saying:
29 May
the Lord preserve his people in righteousness and in holiness of heart,
that they may cause to be felled to the earth all who shall seek to
slay them because of power and secret combinations, even as this man
hath been felled to the earth.
30 And they did rejoice and cry again with one voice, saying: May the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, protect this people in righteousness, so long as they shall call on the name of their God for protection.
31 And it came to pass that they did break forth, all as one, in singing, and praising their God for the great thing which he had done for them, in preserving them from falling into the hands of their enemies.
32 Yea, they did cry: Hosanna to the Most High God. And they did cry: Blessed be the name of the Lord God Almighty, the Most High God.
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