Alma 1:2 Nevertheless, he established laws and they were
acknowledged by the people; Therefore, they were obliged to abide by the laws which he had made.
Alma 21:120 Yea, he was
acknowledged king throughout all the land, among all the people of the Lamanites, Which were composed of the Lamanites and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites and all the dissenters of the Nephites, from the reign of Nephi down to the present time.
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