Nevertheless, after many days’ wandering in the wilderness we [Zeniff and his team] Pitched our tents … near to the land of our fathers. And it came to pass that I went again with four of my men into the city [Land of Nephi] , in unto the king [of the Lamanites] , that I might know of the disposition of the king, and that I might know if I might go in with my people and possess the land in peace.