“Omni kept the record for 44 years. … Amaron kept the record for at least 38 years. … Chemish … did not state how long he kept the record, but … it was probably less time than the others. Abinadom … [stated] that there had been wars with the Lamanites and an absence of revelation and prophecy. Perhaps this is the reason these four recorded so little” (Nyman, “To Learn with Joy,” 204).