Bill and I talked about Nephi giving up the judgement seat the other day. I had always assumed that Nephi decided to step down as Alma had done but Bill believed he was voted out. As I read it now there is no information to differentiate between those two options. We know for sure that this was a peaceful transfer of power and all the written record before this shows that the people only ever voted in a new chief judge when the previous one died but we also know they sometimes held elections with a living chief judge when an influential faction tried to oust a righteous chief judge so Bill’s interpretation is possible.
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