“This Gadianton Did Prove the Overthrow, Yea, Almost the Entire Destruction of the People of Nephi”

Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet
This editorial statement of Mormon foreshadows the numerous references and examples of the “secret plans and combinations” that follow. Mormon is instructing his readers concerning this underlying and recurring theme in the sad story of the demise of the Nephite nation that follows.

Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 3

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