My Summary of the Book of Mormon

[This summary is a work in progress.]

Jaredites

1. Brother of Jared flees Babylon with family and friends
   1. Languages corrupted
2. Coming to America across the ocean
   1. Built ships
   2. Storms at sea
3. Reign of Kings

Lehi’s Family

1. Lehi’s family leaving Jerusalem for America
   1. The coming destruction of Jerusalem (1 Nephi 1)
      1. Lehi’s vision (1 Nephi 1)
      2. Lehi is chased from the city (1 Nephi 1)
   2. Obtaining plates from Laban (1 Nephi 2-4)
      1. Nephi’s visitation (1 Nephi 2)
      2. Three visits to Laban (1 Nephi 3-4)
         1. Asked for plates (1 Nephi 3)
         2. Attempted to purchase plates (1 Nephi 3)
            1. Property stolen by Laban (1 Nephi 3)
            2. Laman and Lemuel beat Nephi (1 Nephi 3)
            3. Angel appears to break up the fight (1 Nephi 3)
         3. Nephi led by the spirit to slay Laban (1 Nephi 4)
      3. Fled into the wilderness with Zoram (1 Nephi 4)
   3. Traveling through the wilderness (1 Nephi 5-)
      1. Sariah complains against Lehi (1 Nephi 5)
      2. Nephi and brothers arrive with the plates (1 Nephi 5)
      3. Invited Ishmael’s family to join the journey (1 Nephi 7)
         1. Nephi’s brothers bind Nephi and leave him behind (1 Nephi 7)
      4. Lehi’s Tree of Life vision (1 Nephi 8)
      5. Lehi prophesies (1 Nephi 10)
      6. Nephi’s vision (1 Nephi 11-14)
         1. Tree of Life (1 Nephi 11)
         2. Life of Christ (1 Nephi 11)
         3. Ministry of the Apostles (1 Nephi 11)
         4. Land of promise in America (1 Nephi 12)
         5. Future of Nephite & Lamanite civilizations (1 Nephi 12)
         6. Visitation of Christ to America (1 Nephi 12)
         7. Church of the Lamb vs church of the devil (1 Nephi 13-14)
         8. Discovery and colonization of America (1 Nephi 13)
         9. Precious truths lost from the Bible (1 Nephi 13)
         10. Christ to minister to the Nephites and Lamanites (1 Nephi 13)
         11. Book of Mormon to come forth (1 Nephi 13)
         12. Latter-day restoration of the gospel (1 Nephi 13)
         13. Other scripture to come forth (1 Nephi 13)
         14. Building up of Zion (1 Nephi 13)
         15. All scriptures testify together of the Savior (1 Nephi 13)
      7. Nephi teaches his brothers (1 Nephi 15-16)
      8. Getting married (1 Nephi 16)
      9. Obtained the Liahona (1 Nephi 16)
      10. Traveled across river Laman to Shazer (1 Nephi 16)
      11. Miracle of hunting with bows and the Liahona (1 Nephi 16)
      12. Ishmael died and was buried at Nahom (1 Nephi 16)
      13. Laman, Lemuel, and the sons of Ishmael tried to kill Lehi and Nephi but were stopped by the voice of God (1 Nephi 16)
      14. Began traveling eastward, women give birth in the wilderness while eating raw meat (1 Nephi 17)
      15. Arrival at Bountiful (1 Nephi 17)
   4. Coming to America across the ocean
      1. Nephi told by God to build a ship; finds ore for tools (1 Nephi 17)
      2. Nephi contends with his brothers about building the ship, shocks brothers and they start worshiping him (1 Nephi 17)
      3. Ship is launched (1 Nephi 18)
      4. Fight at sea, calming the great storm (1 Nephi 18)
   5. Lehites in the new world
      1. Landing in the promised land (1 Nephi 18)
      2. Nephi makes plates for records and prophesies (1 Nephi 19)
         1. Prophesies of the suffering and crucifixion of Christ (1 Nephi 19)
      3. Nephi teaches his brothers using the scriptures (1 Nephi 19-22)
         1. Nephi reads Isaiah to his brothers (1 Nephi 20-21)
         2. Nephi answers their questions and preaches to them (1 Nephi 22)
      4. Lehi preaches and prophesies to his family (2 Nephi 1-3)
         1. Grateful to God for being delivered to a promised land, choice, covenant, and consecrated land (2 Nephi 1)
         2. Prophesies of protection for the righteous in this land (2 Nephi 1)
         3. Praises the righteousness of some sons and calls the others to repentance (2 Nephi 1)
         4. Lehi speaks to Jacob of the law and justice, agency and the fall, the Messiah and the atonement, and mercy (2 Nephi 2)
         5. Lehi speaks to Joseph of Joseph in Egypt and Joseph Smith (2 Nephi 3)
      5. Lehi blesses his family, dies, and is buried (2 Nephi 4)
2. Separation of Nephites and Lamanites
   1. Nephites flee the land of Nephi for protection (2 Nephi 5)
   2. Nephi builds a temple (2 Nephi 5)
   3. Preparations begin for war (2 Nephi 5)

Nephite Kings

1. Nephi I as King
   1. Nephi is made the first Nephite king (2 Nephi 5)
   2. Wars begin (2 Nephi 5)
   3. Words of Jacob (2 Nephi 6-10)
      2. Jacob reads Isaiah (2 Nephi 7-8)
   4. Nephi writes of spiritual things (2 Nephi 11-12)
   5. Nephi records more Isaiah (2 Nephi 12-24)
   6. Nephi interprets Isaiah and prophesies (2 Nephi 25-30)
   7. Nephi testifies of Christ (2 Nephi 31-33)
   8. Jacob obtains the small plates (Jacob 1)
2. Nephi II becomes king (Jacob 1)
   1. The people become wicked and materialistic and desire polygamy (Jacob 1)
   2. Jacob preaches to the people (Jacob 2-6)
   3. Sherem contends with Jacob and is smitten (Jacob 7)
   4. The people repent
   5. Jacob gives the plates to his son Enos before he dies (Jacob 7)
   6. Enos prays all day and repents (Enos 1)
   8. Enos gives the plates to his son Jarom (Jarom 1)
   10. Jarom gives the plates to his son Omni (Omni 1)
   12. Omni gives the plates to his son Amaron (Omni 1)
   14. Amaron gives the plates to his son Chemish (Omni 1)
   16. Chemish gives the plates to his son Abinadom (Omni 1)
   18. Abinadom gives the plates to his son Amaleki (Omni 1)
   20. Amaleki fills the remainder of the plates and dies (Omni 1)
   21. Mormon abridges the large plates of Nephi (Words of Mormon)

1. King Benjamin

King Benjamin’s Address

King Mosiah sets up a free government

Reign of the Judges

Abinadi and the conversion of Alma the younger

Ammon’s mission

Alma teaches his sons

Captain Moroni and the Title of Liberty

Secret combinations and corrupted Nephite government

Christ comes to America. Period of absolute peace.

Nephi and Lehi in jail

The Jaredites leave Babylon and come to America

Mormon and Moroni’s last battles

Savior in America

Last Battles