"Now there were"

1. Judg. 16: 9
     9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
2. Matt. 22: 25
     25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
3. Mark 12: 20
     20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
4. Acts 13: 1
     1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain ^aprophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
5. Mosiah 19: 12
     12 Now there were many that would not leave them, but had rather stay and perish with them. And the rest left their wives and their children and fled.
6. Mosiah 21: 10
     10 Now there were a great many ^awidows in the land, and they did cry mightily from day to day, for a great fear of the Lamanites had come upon them.
7. Mosiah 25: 2, 23
     2 Now there were not so many of the children of Nephi, or so many of those who were descendants of Nephi, as there were of the ^apeople of Zarahemla, who was a descendant of ^bMulek, and those who came with him into the wilderness.
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     23 And now there were seven churches in the land of Zarahemla. And it came to pass that whosoever were desirous to take upon them the ^aname of Christ, or of God, they did join the churches of God;
8. Alma 13: 19
     19 Now, there were ^amany before him, and also there were many afterwards, but ^bnone were greater; therefore, of him they have more particularly made mention.
9. Alma 44: 15
     15 Now there were many, when they heard these words and saw the scalp which was upon the sword, that were struck with fear; and many came forth and threw down their weapons of war at the feet of Moroni, and entered into a ^acovenant of peace. And as many as entered into a covenant they suffered to ^bdepart into the wilderness.
10. Alma 53: 18
      18 Now behold, there were two thousand of those young men, who entered into this covenant and took their weapons of war to defend their country.
11. Hel. 9: 40
      40 And now there were some among the people, who said that Nephi was a prophet.
12. 3 Ne. 6: 21, 23
      21 Now there were many of the people who were exceedingly angry because of those who testified of these things; and those who were angry were chiefly the chief judges, and they who ^ahad been high priests and lawyers; yea, all those who were lawyers were angry with those who testified of these things.
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      23 Now there were many of those ^awho testified of the things pertaining to Christ who testified boldly, who were taken and put to death ^bsecretly by the judges, that the knowledge of their death came not unto the governor of the land until after their death.