"Wherefore, with the help of these, king 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." (Words of Mormon 1:18)
Moroni writes a few words here by way of explanation. Everything up to Omni was written on the Small Plates of Nephi. They ran out of room, however, so they stopped writing in them. In the mean time, there was another set of plates, the Large Plates of Nephi, which were more of the historical record of the people. Moroni became the record keeper of all of these records, and he writes here to transition from the writings on the small plates to his abridgment of the large plates.
The phrase "with the help of these" in that verse is referring to a couple of verses before, where it said that king Benjamin taught with the assistance of the holy prophets who were among his people.
Mormon describes that there were wars, and then there was also some wickedness and dissension among the Nephites.
So I think it is impressive that King Benjamin was able to establish peace in the land. But I think it is of note how he did it: He labored with all the might of his body and the faculty of his whole soul. That is the definition of "giving it your all".
I think there's a long way to go before I put that much into what I need to do, but I want to be able to look back and know that I gave it my all. Something to work towards, for sure.
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