Mosiah 6
1 And now, king Benjamin thought it was expedient, after having finished
speaking to the people, that he should take the names of all those who had
entered into a covenant with God to keep his commandments.
2 And it came to pass that there was not one soul, except it were little
children, but who had entered into the covenant and had taken upon them the
name of Christ.
3 And again, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had made an end of
all these things, and had consecrated his son Mosiah to be a ruler and a king
over his people, and had given him all the charges concerning the kingdom,
and also had appointed priests to teach the people, that thereby they might
hear and know the commandments of God, and to stir them up in
remembrance of the oath which they had made, he dismissed the multitude,
and they returned, every one, according to their families, to their own
houses.
4 And Mosiah began to reign in his father's stead. And he began to reign in
the thirtieth year of his age, making in the whole, about four hundred and
seventy-six years from the time that Lehi left Jerusalem.
5 And king Benjamin lived three years and he died.
6 And it came to pass that king Mosiah did walk in the ways of the Lord,
and did observe his judgments and his statutes, and did keep his
commandments in all things whatsoever he commanded him.
7 And king Mosiah did cause his people that they should till the earth. And
he also, himself, did till the earth, that thereby he might not become
burdensome to his people, that he might do according to that which his father
had done in all things. And there was no contention among all his people for
the space of three years.