“Certain Men Who Were Among Them Ran to the Judgment–seat”

W. Cleon Skousen

Nephi could not have made a much more sensational announcement than to tell these people that their chief judge had just been murdered by his brother, and that they were both Gadiantons. Five of the men immediately raced toward the palace or seat of government to investigate. The record says:

Note that these five men may have been Gadiantons themselves, at least they didn't believe Nephi was a prophet.

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