King Benjamin lowers the platform
Page 39MOSIAH / CHAPTER 3
King Benjamin lowers the platform
In Zarahemla, a king needs to be heard; the usefulness of a tower is distinguished from the worth of the person upon it.
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A companion plate for this reading.
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1 And I shit you not, King Benjamin called an assembly in Zarahemla, and a multitude came with tents, questions, children, and uncertain hearing.
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2 The king stood upon a tower so that more people might hear him.
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3 This was a sensible use of height, and therefore soon endangered by explanations.
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4 A steward announced that the higher position demonstrated the king’s greater degree of existence.
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5 Benjamin said that it demonstrated the limitations of his voice.
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6 Another steward prepared a list of those whose seats were close enough to prove their devotion.
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7 Sariah’s question had survived in an old record, and a reader repeated it: Could someone at the back actually hear?
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8 Benjamin sent written copies, and permitted the written copies to be questioned also.