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THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL (THE LAMANITE)
Chapter 3
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Hementim grows in admiration for Shi-Tugo, perceiving him as both a capable commander and a discerning thinker who recognizes the dangers awaiting their people if they replicate Nephite governance. The chapter pauses to explain how Gadianton robbers had subverted Nephite society: corrupting lower judges through flattery and bribery, promising advancement, collapsing public trust in justice, then inciting the disillusioned populace to elevate the robbers' own agents to the judgment seats. Shi-Tugo proposes reforms — notably entrusting mothers with the selection of judges, believing them less susceptible to corruption — and the people of Hagoth accept the change.
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Though revered as a prophetess, Hementim laments her voiceless position as a woman in matters of rule, so she rejoices when Shi-Tugo champions these reforms. Hemen, her father, gently brokers a courtship between them. Shi-Tugo, esteeming Hementim as a guiding star far above him, takes courage and proposes; she consents, and the colony rejoices.
