Scripture Stories
Chapter 36: Hagoth


“Chapter 36: Hagoth,” Book of Mormon Stories (1997), 98

“Chapter 36,” Book of Mormon Stories, 98

Chapter 36

Hagoth

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Nephites traveling

About 55 years before the birth of Jesus Christ, thousands of Nephite men, women, and children left Zarahemla and traveled north.

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Hagoth building large ship

One of them, a man named Hagoth, built a large ship and launched it into the west sea.

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Nephites packing large ship

Many Nephites took food and supplies and sailed north in his ship.

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boat on water

Hagoth then built other ships that carried people to a land northward. The first ship returned and picked up even more people.

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two ships on water

One other ship set sail. None of the ships returned, and the Nephites never knew what happened to the people.