In this chapter, Nephi takes a moment's pause to describe for us how he is making a record of his people. We've been reading in an account of Nephi's family's travels in the wilderness, especially the proceedings of the dreams and prophecies of Lehi while they were in a valley which they called Lemuel. Nephi again reminds us that the plates he is recording the more spiritual items are small. He mentions another, larger, record in which he has been keeping. It contains the more temporal items like the reigns of the kings, and the wars and contentions with their brethren. It is interesting that he names both sets of records, the plates of Nephi.
These insights show that he is writing the account we've been reading from a point into the future with respect to the events when they were in the Lemuel's Valley. Up to this point, there is no earthly king that leads the people. There have only been minor disputes between Nephi and his brothers, not wars.
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