Jarom & Omni
The Book of Mormon for Beginners
Jarom was the son of Enos, and he writes briefly to describe how the Nephites were mostly righteous but he expected they'd be destroyed at any moment because they so easily forgot the gospel.
In The Book of Omni, we see that Jarom wasn't just blowing smoke. Through a quick succession of several writers, we see that the Nephites had many wars with the Lamanites, and the more wicked prat of the Nephites were eventually killed off. A few generations after that, they fell into wickedness again, and the righteous ones followed a guy named Mosiah into the wilderness. They discovered and land called Zarahemla. As it turns out, the people there had fled from Jerusalem about the same time as Lehi, but they hadn't brought any records with them, so they were living in ignorance. Mosiah taught them his people's language, and they told him their history. They also learned about a man named Coriantumr, the last survivor of a previous civilization (which we'll learn about in The Book of Ether). Mosiah became king of Zarahemla, and when he died, his son Benjamin became the next king. The Lamanites invaded, but the combined armies of Zarahemla were able to push them back.
The final writer in The Book of Omni is a guy named Amaleki, who was born in the days of Mosiah. He ends the record by saying he doesn't have any kids, so he's handing the record off to King Benjamin. He then encourages everyone to come unto Christ, and then adds a quick postscript to mention that some of the Nephites tried to go find the original Land of Nephi, but they never returned.
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