46 Yea, even as long as any of our posterity remains upon the face of the land.
47 And many more things did King Mosiah write unto them, unfolding unto them all the trials and troubles of a righteous king;
48 Yea, all the travails of soul for their people, and also all the murmurings of the people to their king; and he explained it all unto them.
49 And he told them that these things ought not to be; but that the burden should come upon all the people, that every man might bear his part.
50 And he also unfolded unto them all the disadvantages they labored under, by having an unrighteous king to rule over them;
51 Yea, all his iniquities and abominations, and all the wars, and contentions, and bloodshed, and the stealing, and the plundering, and the committing of whoredoms, and all manner of iniquities, which can not be enumerated,
52 Telling them that these things ought not to be; that they were expressly repugnant to the commandments of God.
53 And now it came to pass, after King Mosiah had sent these things forth among the people, they were convinced of the truth of his words;
54 Therefore they relinquished their desires for a king, and became exceedingly anxious that every man should have an equal chance throughout all the land;
55 Yea, and every man expressed a willingness to answer for his own sins.
56 Therefore it came to pass that they assembled themselves together in bodies throughout the land, to cast in their voices concerning who should be their judges, to judge them according to the law which had been given them;
