Helaman, Son of Helaman

Chapters 1–2 describe a time of great political trouble. Chapters 3–4 record that Helaman and Moronihah, chief captain of the Nephite armies, were able finally to achieve peace for a time. However, in spite of the leadership of these good men, the people grew increasingly wicked. In Helaman 5:1–6:14 Nephi gave up the judgment seat, as his grandfather Alma had done, to teach the people. For a time the people repented. In Helaman 6:15–12:26, however, the Nephite nation became wicked. The final chapters, 13–16, contain the extraordinary account of a prophet called Samuel the Lamanite who foretold the birth and Crucifixion of the Savior and the signs that would mark those events.