- 4) And now, they knew not the course they should travel in the wilderness to go up to the land of Lehi-Nephi; therefore they wandered many days in the wilderness, even forty days did they wander.
- 5) And when they had wandered forty days they came to a hill, which is north of the land of Shilom, and there they pitched their tents.
- 6) And Ammon took three of his brethren, and their names were Amaleki, Helem, and Hem, and they went down into the land of Nephi.
- And it came to pass that he built a tower near the temple; yea, a very high tower, even so high that he could stand upon the top thereof and overlook the land of Shilom, and also the land of Shemlon, which was possessed by the Lamanites; and he could even look over all the land round about.
- 2) And the Lord did strengthen them, that the people of king Noah could not overtake them to destroy them.
- 3) And they fled eight days’ journey into the wilderness.
- 20) And Alma and his people departed into the wilderness; and when they had traveled all day they pitched their tents in a valley, and they called the valley Alma, because he led their way in the wilderness.
- 24) And it came to pass that they departed out of the valley, and took their journey into the wilderness.
- 25) And after they had been in the wilderness twelve days they arrived in the land of Zarahemla; and king Mosiah did also receive them with joy.
- Behold, we followed the camp of the Amlicites, and to our great astonishment, in the land of Minon, above the land of Zarahemla, in the course of the land of Nephi, we saw a numerous host of the Lamanites; and behold, the Amlicites have joined them;
- 1) Now, as Ammon was thus teaching the people of Lamoni continually, we will return to the account of Aaron and his brethren; for after he departed from the land of Middoni he was led by the Spirit to the land of Nephi, even to the house of the king which was over all the land save it were the land of Ishmael; and he was the father of Lamoni.
- 28) Now, the more idle part of the Lamanites lived in the wilderness, and dwelt in tents; and they were spread through the wilderness on the west, in the land of Nephi; yea, and also on the west of the land of Zarahemla, in the borders by the seashore, and on the west in the land of Nephi, in the place of their fathers’ first inheritance, and thus bordering along by the seashore.
- 32) And now, it was only the distance of a day and a half’s journey for a Nephite, on the line Bountiful and the land Desolation, from the east to the west sea; and thus the land of Nephi and the land of Zarahemla were nearly surrounded by water, there being a small neck of land between the land northward and the land southward.
- 34) Therefore the Lamanites could have no more possessions only in the land of Nephi, and the wilderness round about. Now this was wisdom in the Nephites—as the Lamanites were an enemy to them, they would not suffer their afflictions on every hand, and also that they might have a country whither they might flee, according to their desires.
- 8) Now, these are they who were converted unto the Lord:
- 11) And also of the people of the Lamanites who were in the city of Nephi;
- 1) Now we will return in our record to Amalickiah and those who had fled with him into the wilderness; for, behold, he had taken those who went with him, and went up in the land of Nephi among the Lamanites, and did stir up the Lamanites to anger against the people of Nephi, insomuch that the king of the Lamanites sent a proclamation throughout all his land, among all his people, that they should gather themselves together again to go to battle against the Nephites.
- 20) And it came to pass that Amalickiah marched with his armies (for he had gained his desires) to the land of Nephi, to the city of Nephi, which was the chief city.
- 31) And it came to pass on the morrow he entered the city Nephi with his armies, and took possession of the city.
- 3) Behold, two thousand of the sons of those men whom Ammon brought down out of the land of Nephi—now ye have known that these were descendants of Laman, who was the eldest son of our father Lehi;
- 12) And the Lamanites had also retained many prisoners, all of whom are chief captains, for none other have they spared alive. And we suppose that they are now at this time in the land of Nephi; it is so if they are not slain.
- Lehi and Nephi, sons of Helaman, go on a mission to the Land of Nephi. They are treated badly, but miracles occur and their mission leads to many converts.
Notes
The Land of Nephi is a central location around which the Land of Shemlon and the Land of Shilom are located.
The Land of Nephi is located between 210 to 315 miles away from the Land of Zarahemla, which is another central location. This is estimated based on Alma, the Elder's journey from the Land of Nephi to Zarahemla. Zarahemla is to the north.
The Land of Shilom is adjacent to the Land of Nephi, and the Lamanites had access to attack the Land of Shilom from both the North, and the South. However, there was also a prominent hill on the North which was near the Land of Nephi. The Land of Shemlon, inhabited by the Lamanites, was also nearby.
Given that King Noah built a tower in the Land of Nephi, which could overlook both the Land of Shemlon, and the Land of Shilom, these lands must have all fit within a circular area with a radius of 30 miles, with the Land of Nephi near the center.
Nephi, or Greater Nephi
In the Book of Alma, starting around chapter 22, we start to see the term "Land of Nephi" being used in a way that appears to be referring to all of the settled Lamanite lands and not just the lands immediately about the City of Nephi.
For more detailed thoughts on this see: Land of Zarahemla: Zarahemla, or Greater Zarahemla
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