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Mosiah 1:9 · Mosiah 10:22

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Book of Mormon Mosiah 1:9
"therefore, he thought it expedient that he should confer the kingdom upon one of his sons"
Book of Mormon Mosiah 10:22
"And now I, being old, did confer the kingdom upon one of my sons; therefore, I say no more"

Shared words: confer the kingdom upon one of

The phrase 'confer the kingdom' occurs 4x in the corpus, all in Mosiah (1:9, 10:22, 28:10, 29:3) - the book's succession formula. The pair is the two successful transfers, each preceded by old age ('he waxed old' 1:9 / 'I, being old' 10:22); 28:10 and 29:3 are the negative uses (Mosiah II with no son to confer on), after which kingship ends. Zeniff end narrated on zeniff.md; succession-failure ends on mosiah-ii.md/kings-and-judges.md.

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