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Lamoni receives the light of everlasting life and sees the Redeemer—His household falls into a trance, and many see angels—Ammon is preserved miraculously—He baptizes many and establishes a church among them. About 90 B.C.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
after
two
days
and
two
nights
they
were
about
to
take
his
a
body
and
lay
it
in
a
sepulchre,
which
they
had
made
for
the
purpose
of
burying
their
dead.
2 Now
the
queen
having
heard
of
the
fame
of
Ammon,
therefore
she
sent
and
desired
that
he
should
come
in
unto
her.
3 And
it
came
to
pass
that
Ammon
did
as
he
was
commanded,
and
went
in
unto
the
queen,
and
desired
to
know
what
she
would
that
he
should
do.
4 And
she
said
unto
him:
The
a
servants
of
my
husband
have
made
it
known
unto
me
that
thou
art
a
b
prophet
of
a
holy
God,
and
that
thou
hast
c
power
to
do
many
mighty
works
in
his
name;
5 Therefore,
if
this
is
the
case,
I
would
that
ye
should
go
in
and
see
my
husband,
for
he
has
been
laid
upon
his
bed
for
the
space
of
two
days
and
two
nights;
and
some
say
that
he
is
not
dead,
but
others
say
that
he
is
dead
and
that
he
a
stinketh,
and
that
he
ought
to
be
placed
in
the
sepulchre;
but
as
for
myself,
to
me
he
doth
not
stink.
6 Now,
this
was
what
Ammon
desired,
for
he
knew
that
king
Lamoni
was
under
the
power
of
God;
he
knew
that
the
dark
a
veil
of
b
unbelief
was
being
cast
away
from
his
mind,
and
the
c
light
which
did
light
up
his
mind,
which
was
the
light
of
the
glory
of
God,
which
was
a
marvelous
light
of
his
goodness—yea,
this
light
had
infused
such
joy
into
his
soul,
the
cloud
of
darkness
having
been
dispelled,
and
that
the
light
of
everlasting
life
was
lit
up
in
his
soul,
yea,
he
knew
that
this
had
d
overcome
his
natural
frame,
and
he
was
carried
away
in
God—
7 Therefore,
what
the
queen
desired
of
him
was
his
only
desire.
Therefore,
he
went
in
to
see
the
king
according
as
the
queen
had
desired
him;
and
he
saw
the
king,
and
he
knew
that
he
was
not
dead.
8 And
he
said
unto
the
queen:
He
is
not
dead,
but
he
sleepeth
in
God,
and
on
the
morrow
he
shall
rise
again;
therefore
bury
him
not.
9 And
Ammon
said
unto
her:
a
Believest
thou
this?
And
she
said
unto
him:
I
have
had
no
witness
save
thy
word,
and
the
word
of
our
servants;
nevertheless
I
b
believe
that
it
shall
be
according
as
thou
hast
said.
10 And
Ammon
said
unto
her:
Blessed
art
thou
because
of
thy
exceeding
faith;
I
say
unto
thee,
woman,
there
has
not
been
such
great
faith
among
all
the
people
of
the
a
Nephites.
11 And
it
came
to
pass
that
she
watched
over
the
bed
of
her
husband,
from
that
time
even
until
that
time
on
the
morrow
which
Ammon
had
appointed
that
he
should
rise.
12 And
it
came
to
pass
that
he
arose,
according
to
the
words
of
Ammon;
and
as
he
arose,
he
stretched
forth
his
hand
unto
the
woman,
and
said:
Blessed
be
the
name
of
God,
and
blessed
art
thou.
13 For
as
sure
as
thou
livest,
behold,
I
have
a
seen
my
Redeemer;
and
he
shall
come
forth,
and
be
b
born
of
a
c
woman,
and
he
shall
redeem
all
mankind
who
believe
on
his
name.
Now,
when
he
had
said
these
words,
his
heart
was
swollen
within
him,
and
he
sunk
again
with
joy;
and
the
queen
also
sunk
down,
being
overpowered
by
the
Spirit.
14 Now
Ammon
seeing
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
poured
out
according
to
his
a
prayers
upon
the
Lamanites,
his
brethren,
who
had
been
the
cause
of
so
much
mourning
among
the
Nephites,
or
among
all
the
people
of
God
because
of
their
iniquities
and
their
b
traditions,
he
fell
upon
his
knees,
and
began
to
pour
out
his
soul
in
prayer
and
thanksgiving
to
God
for
what
he
had
done
for
his
brethren;
and
he
was
also
overpowered
with
c
joy;
and
thus
they
all
three
had
d
sunk
to
the
earth.
15 Now,
when
the
servants
of
the
king
had
seen
that
they
had
fallen,
they
also
began
to
cry
unto
God,
for
the
fear
of
the
Lord
had
come
upon
them
also,
for
it
was
a
they
who
had
stood
before
the
king
and
testified
unto
him
concerning
the
great
power
of
Ammon.
16 And
it
came
to
pass
that
they
did
call
on
the
name
of
the
Lord,
in
their
might,
even
until
they
had
all
fallen
to
the
earth,
save
it
were
one
of
the
Lamanitish
a
women,
whose
name
was
Abish,
she
having
been
converted
unto
the
Lord
for
many
years,
on
account
of
a
remarkable
vision
of
her
father—
17 Thus,
having
been
converted
to
the
Lord,
and
never
having
made
it
a
known,
therefore,
when
she
saw
that
all
the
servants
of
Lamoni
had
b
fallen
to
the
earth,
and
also
her
mistress,
the
queen,
and
the
king,
and
Ammon
lay
c
prostrate
upon
the
earth,
she
knew
that
it
was
the
power
of
God;
and
supposing
that
this
opportunity,
by
making
known
unto
the
people
what
had
happened
among
them,
that
by
beholding
this
scene
it
would
d
cause
them
to
believe
in
the
power
of
God,
therefore
she
ran
forth
from
house
to
house,
making
it
known
unto
the
people.
18 And
they
began
to
assemble
themselves
together
unto
the
house
of
the
king.
And
there
came
a
multitude,
and
to
their
astonishment,
they
beheld
the
king,
and
the
queen,
and
their
servants
prostrate
upon
the
earth,
and
they
all
lay
there
as
though
they
were
dead;
and
they
also
saw
Ammon,
and
behold,
he
was
a
Nephite.
19 And
now
the
people
began
to
murmur
among
themselves;
some
saying
that
it
was
a
great
evil
that
had
come
upon
them,
or
upon
the
king
and
his
house,
because
he
had
suffered
that
the
Nephite
should
a
remain
in
the
land.
20 But
others
rebuked
them,
saying:
The
king
hath
brought
this
evil
upon
his
house,
because
he
slew
his
servants
who
had
had
their
flocks
scattered
at
the
a
waters
of
Sebus.
21 And
they
were
also
rebuked
by
those
men
who
had
stood
at
the
waters
of
Sebus
and
a
scattered
the
flocks
which
belonged
to
the
king,
for
they
were
angry
with
Ammon
because
of
the
number
which
he
had
slain
of
their
brethren
at
the
waters
of
Sebus,
while
defending
the
flocks
of
the
king.
22 Now,
one
of
them,
whose
brother
had
been
a
slain
with
the
sword
of
Ammon,
being
exceedingly
angry
with
Ammon,
drew
his
sword
and
went
forth
that
he
might
let
it
fall
upon
Ammon,
to
slay
him;
and
as
he
lifted
the
sword
to
smite
him,
behold,
he
fell
dead.
23 Now
we
see
that
Ammon
could
not
be
slain,
for
the
a
Lord
had
said
unto
Mosiah,
his
father:
I
will
spare
him,
and
it
shall
be
unto
him
according
to
thy
faith—therefore,
Mosiah
b
trusted
him
unto
the
Lord.
24 And
it
came
to
pass
that
when
the
multitude
beheld
that
the
man
had
fallen
dead,
who
lifted
the
sword
to
slay
Ammon,
a
fear
came
upon
them
all,
and
they
durst
not
put
forth
their
hands
to
touch
him
or
any
of
those
who
had
fallen;
and
they
began
to
marvel
again
among
themselves
what
could
be
the
cause
of
this
great
power,
or
what
all
these
things
could
mean.
25 And
it
came
to
pass
that
there
were
many
among
them
who
said
that
Ammon
was
the
a
Great
Spirit,
and
others
said
he
was
sent
by
the
Great
Spirit;
26 But
others
rebuked
them
all,
saying
that
he
was
a
a
monster,
who
had
been
sent
from
the
Nephites
to
torment
them.
27 And
there
were
some
who
said
that
Ammon
was
sent
by
the
Great
Spirit
to
afflict
them
because
of
their
iniquities;
and
that
it
was
the
Great
Spirit
that
had
always
attended
the
Nephites,
who
had
ever
delivered
them
out
of
their
hands;
and
they
said
that
it
was
this
Great
Spirit
who
had
destroyed
so
many
of
their
brethren,
the
Lamanites.
28 And
thus
the
contention
began
to
be
exceedingly
sharp
among
them.
And
while
they
were
thus
contending,
the
a
woman
servant
who
had
caused
the
multitude
to
be
gathered
together
came,
and
when
she
saw
the
contention
which
was
among
the
multitude
she
was
exceedingly
sorrowful,
even
unto
tears.
29 And
it
came
to
pass
that
she
went
and
took
the
queen
by
the
a
hand,
that
perhaps
she
might
raise
her
from
the
ground;
and
as
soon
as
she
touched
her
hand
she
arose
and
stood
upon
her
feet,
and
cried
with
a
loud
voice,
saying:
O
blessed
Jesus,
who
has
saved
me
from
an
b
awful
hell!
O
blessed
God,
have
c
mercy
on
this
people!
30 And
when
she
had
said
this,
she
clasped
her
hands,
being
filled
with
joy,
speaking
many
words
which
were
not
understood;
and
when
she
had
done
this,
she
took
the
king,
Lamoni,
by
the
hand,
and
behold
he
arose
and
stood
upon
his
feet.
31 And
he,
immediately,
seeing
the
contention
among
his
people,
went
forth
and
began
to
rebuke
them,
and
to
teach
them
the
a
words
which
he
had
heard
from
the
mouth
of
Ammon;
and
as
many
as
heard
his
words
believed,
and
were
converted
unto
the
Lord.
32 But
there
were
a
many
among
them
who
would
not
hear
his
words;
therefore
they
went
their
way.
33 And
it
came
to
pass
that
when
Ammon
arose
he
also
administered
unto
them,
and
also
did
all
the
servants
of
Lamoni;
and
they
did
all
declare
unto
the
people
the
selfsame
thing—that
their
hearts
had
been
a
changed;
that
they
had
no
more
desire
to
do
b
evil.
34 And
behold,
many
did
declare
unto
the
people
that
they
had
seen
a
angels
and
had
conversed
with
them;
and
thus
they
had
told
them
things
of
God,
and
of
his
righteousness.
35 And
it
came
to
pass
that
there
were
many
that
did
a
believe
in
their
words;
and
as
many
as
did
believe
were
baptized;
and
they
became
a
righteous
people,
and
they
did
establish
a
church
among
them.
36 And
thus
the
work
of
the
Lord
did
commence
among
the
Lamanites;
thus
the
Lord
did
begin
to
pour
out
his
a
Spirit
upon
them;
and
we
see
that
his
arm
is
extended
to
b
all
people
who
will
repent
and
believe
on
his
name.
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