Mosiah 29: 13

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THE BOOK OF MOSIAH

CHAPTER 29

13 Therefore, ^aif it were possible that you could have ^bjust men to be your kings, who would establish the ^claws of God, and judge this people according to his commandments, yea, if ye could have men for your kings who would do even as my father ^dBenjamin did for this people—I say unto you, if this could always be the case then it would be expedient that ye should always have kings to rule over you.

Footnotes

13a	Mosiah 23: 8, 13. 8 Nevertheless, if it ^awere possible that ye could always have just men to be your ^bkings it would be well for you to have a king.
b	1 Kgs. 15: 14 (11-14). 14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was ^aperfect with the Lord all his days.
c	Ex. 18: 21. 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people ^aable men, such as ^bfear God, ^cmen of truth, hating ^dcovetousness; and place such over them, to be ^erulers of thousands, and rulers of ^fhundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: Neh. 7: 2. 2 That I gave my brother ^aHanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a ^bfaithful man, and ^cfeared God above many.
d	Omni 1: 25. 25 And it came to pass that I began to be old; and, having no seed, and knowing king ^aBenjamin to be a just man before the Lord, wherefore, I shall ^bdeliver up ^cthese plates unto him, exhorting all men to come unto God, the Holy One of Israel, and believe in prophesying, and in revelations, and in the ministering of angels, and in the gift of speaking with tongues, and in the gift of interpreting languages, and in all things which are ^dgood; for there is nothing which is good save it comes from the Lord; and that which is evil cometh from the devil. W of M 1: 18 (17-18). 18 Wherefore, with the help of these, king ^aBenjamin, by laboring with all the might of his body and the ^bfaculty of his whole soul, and also the prophets, did once more establish peace in the land.