He is most associated with a speech to the people which begins in the second chapter of the Book of Mosiah and idealizes the life of a yeoman farmer.
[1] In the printer's manuscript and 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon, the text of Mosiah 21:28 and Ether 4:1 narrate, respectively, Ammon telling Limhi that king Benjamin has a gift for the miraculous translation of texts, and Mormon noting that Benjamin kept in his possession Jaredite records, specifically the writings of the Brother of Jared.
[5] Donald Parry reports that Benjamin's speech is "one of the most influential sermons" from the Book of Mormon.
[6] In his speech, Benjamin urges his audience to accept communal responsibility for collective material wellbeing.
[12] Latter-day Saint author Hugh Nibley believed the Ether 4:1 emendation was "[p]robably not" necessary for coherence since a viable reading of the Book of Mormon could allow for the three years of Benjamin's remaining life to not have fully elapsed before Limhi brings his Jaredite plates to Zarahemla, and keeping charge of Jaredite records would be consistent with his character as a "life-long book-lover".