Helaman Ch2

Now that the three sons of Pahoran from the last chapter who all wanted to be chief judge are kind of out of the picture because of all the murdering and such we see that in this chapter, Helaman the younger becomes chief judge.The rise of the Gadiantons begins and Kishkumen is slain but the rest of the evil group runs into the wilderness to continue their evil workings.
Peace had been restored again so they had another election in the 42nd year where Helaman is elected to be the chief judge and is already plotted against by Kishkumen and his men under the direction of Gadianton, being a cunning and crafty man (v1-4). And that's crafty as in shady and secretive, so they led away many by promising wealth and power if they supported the plans to kill Helaman (v5). Luckily there was a spy in their midst who reported to Helaman about all the plan and was deep undercover earning their trust as a crucial member of the plan (v6-8).
Since he was close to Helman, being a personal servant, he was made to let Kishkumen into Helaman's house, but as he did so, he stabbed Kishkumen and told Helaman everything he knew about all the people who were a part of the secret organization (v9-10). Gadianton freaked when Kishkumen didn't return so he led everyone out of the city before they were caught by the men sent for them, and they were quick and sneaky enough to hide in a place to not be found (v11). This ended year 42 but isn't the end of Gadianton, its only the beginning, because he is the main cause for the entire destruction of the Nephites in the end, and Mormon is telling us that at the end of the entire record that Nephi started, the destruction is because of Gadianton robbers (v12-14).