Alma 17

1And now it came to pass that as Alma was journeying from the land

2Now these sons of Mosiah were with Alma at the time the angel

3But this is not all; they had given themselves to much prayer, and

4And they had been teaching the word of God for the space of

5Now these are the circumstances which attended them in their

6Now these were their journeyings: Having taken leave of their

7Nevertheless they departed out of the land of Zarahemla, and took

8And thus they departed into the wilderness with their numbers

9And it came to pass that they journeyed many days in the

10And it came to pass that the Lord did visit them with his Spirit,

11And the Lord said unto them also: Go forth among the Lamanites,

12And it came to pass that the hearts of the sons of Mosiah, and

13And it came to pass when they had arrived in the borders of the

14And assuredly it was great, for they had undertaken to preach the

15Thus they were a very indolent people, many of whom did worship

16Therefore, this was the cause for which the sons of Mosiah had

17Therefore they separated themselves one from another, and went

18Now Ammon being the chief among them, or rather he did administer

19And Ammon went to the land of Ishmael, the land being called

20And as Ammon entered the land of Ishmael, the Lamanites took him

21And thus Ammon was carried before the king who was over the land

22And the king inquired of Ammon if it were his desire to dwell in

23And Ammon said unto him: Yea, I desire to dwell among this people

24And it came to pass that king Lamoni was much pleased with Ammon,

25But Ammon said unto him: Nay, but I will be thy servant.

26And after he had been in the service of the king three days, as

27Therefore, as Ammon and the servants of the king were driving

28Now the servants of the king began to murmur, saying: Now the

29Now they wept because of the fear of being slain. Now when Ammon

30And now, these were the thoughts of Ammon, when he saw the

31And it came to pass that he flattered them by his words, saying:

32And it came to pass that they went in search of the flocks, and

33And those men again stood to scatter their flocks; but Ammon said

34Therefore, they did as Ammon commanded them, and he went forth

35Therefore they did not fear Ammon, for they supposed that one of

36But Ammon stood forth and began to cast stones at them with his

37But behold, every man that lifted his club to smite Ammon, he

38Now six of them had fallen by the sling, but he slew none save it

39And when he had driven them afar off, he returned and they