- 20) And it came to pass that in this year the people of Nephi again were hunted and driven. And it came to pass that we were driven forth until we had come northward to the land which was called Shem.
- 21) And it came to pass that we did fortify the city of Shem, and we did gather in our people as much as it were possible, that perhaps we might save them from destruction.
- 22) And it came to pass in the three hundred and forty and sixth year they began to come upon us again.
- 23) And it came to pass that I did speak unto my people, and did urge them with great energy, that they would stand boldly before the Lamanites and fight for their wives, and their children, and their houses, and their homes.
- 24) And my words did arouse them somewhat to vigor, insomuch that they did not flee from before the Lamanites, but did stand with boldness against them.
- 25) And it came to pass that we did contend with an army of thirty thousand against an army of fifty thousand. And it came to pass that we did stand before them with such firmness that they did flee from before us.
Notes
North of the Land of Jashon.
Since Antum was probably in the region north of the narrow neck of land, and since the treaty that ends the war shortly, give the Nephites the area north of the narrow neck of land, presumably the land of Shem was on the north of the narrow neck of land.
There is an antedeluvian Land of Shem where Enoch preached, it is not expected that this is the same as the Nephite Land of Shem. (Though, we would expect them both to be in the Americas.)
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