Mosiah 1–4  Book of Mormon Teacher Resource Manual, (2004),
98–105   During his lifetime, King Benjamin dealt with wars,
false Christs, false prophets, contentions among his people, and
defections to the Lamanites (see Words of Mormon 1:12–16).
However, Benjamin, “by laboring with all the might of his body
and the faculty of his whole soul, and also the prophets, did
once more establish peace in the land” (v. 18). It was under
these conditions that Benjamin delivered his powerful discourse
recorded in Mosiah 2–4. Of this discourse, Elder Jeffrey R.
Holland, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, said:  “King
Benjamin gave a magnificent discourse on Christ’s suffering and
atonement, the role of justice and mercy, and the need to take
upon ourselves the name of Christ in a covenantal relationship.
…  “That this sermon carried a spiritual power beyond the
clarity of the written word is undeniable, for following the
close of the discourse and wishing to take ‘the names of all
those who had entered into a covenant,