Mormon has completed the important message of this part of the event, so he turns to synopsizing the events. Mormon moves through them quickly. Benjamin stops speaking of what he will do during the meeting before the gathered people, and instructs Mosiah in the things of kingship.
Benjamin also transfers to Mosiah the physical objects that represent the Nephite ability to rule. These include the plates of brass, the large plates of Nephi, the sword of Laban, and the Liahona (although the text has not given us that name yet). These sacred objects will continue to be passed from ruler to ruler. They become the physical image of the right to rule, connecting the New World to the legacy of the Old World, and the mystique and mystery of having crossed the ocean to come to this new place to rule.
Although we have a chapter ending here in our current editions, there was no chapter ending at this location in the 1830 edition.