This conflict has afflicted Nephi from the time they left Jerusalem. It is a common problem in royal families. Herod the Great (who built the temple of Herod in which Christ taught) was so wicked and paranoid that he had the following killed: the previous king, his brother-in-law, his brother Joseph, his wife Mariamne, many of his friends, several of his sons, and hundreds of others including all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under (See Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, books XV – XVII and Matt 2:16). Consider the destruction which came to the Jaredites because the royal family fought over power and dominion. The brother of Jared had warned them about establishing kings in the land, Surely this thing leadeth into captivity (Ether 6:23). Note some of the passages which followed:
This great history of conflict among the Jaredites culminated in the destruction of the entire nation. The crisis with Nephi and his brothers is getting just as dangerous. Laman and Lemuel have sought Nephi’s life, and were it not for the warning of the Lord (v. 5), Nephi may well have been murdered by his brothers.