Alma 18

1And it came to pass that king Lamoni caused that his servants

2And when they had all testified to the things which they had seen,

3And they answered the king, and said: Whether he be the Great

4And now, when the king heard these words, he said unto them: Now I

5Now this was the tradition of Lamoni, which he had received from

6For he had slain many of them because their brethren had scattered

7Now it was the practice of these Lamanites to stand by the waters

8And it came to pass that king Lamoni inquired of his servants,

9And they said unto him: Behold, he is feeding thy horses. Now the

10Now when king Lamoni heard that Ammon was preparing his horses

11Now I surely know that this is the Great Spirit, and I would

12And it came to pass that when Ammon had made ready the horses and

13And one of the king’s servants said unto him, Rabbanah, which is,

14Therefore Ammon turned himself unto the king, and said unto him:

15And it came to pass that Ammon said unto him again: What desirest

16And it came to pass that Ammon, being filled with the Spirit of

17I say unto you, what is it, that thy marvelings are so great?

18Now when the king had heard these words, he marveled again, for

19Ammon answered and said unto him: I am not.

20And the king said: How knowest thou the thoughts of my heart?

21And now, if thou wilt tell me concerning these things, whatsoever

22Now Ammon being wise, yet harmless, he said unto Lamoni: Wilt

23And the king answered him, and said: Yea, I will believe all thy

24And Ammon began to speak unto him with boldness, and said unto

25And he answered, and said unto him: I do not know what that

26And then Ammon said: Believest thou that there is a Great Spirit?

27And he said, Yea.

28And Ammon said: This is God. And Ammon said unto him again:

29And he said: Yea, I believe that he created all things which are

30And Ammon said unto him: The heavens is a place where God dwells

31And king Lamoni said: Is it above the earth?

32And Ammon said: Yea, and he looketh down upon all the children of

33And king Lamoni said: I believe all these things which thou hast

34Ammon said unto him: I am a man; and man in the beginning was

35And a portion of that Spirit dwelleth in me, which giveth me

36Now when Ammon had said these words, he began at the creation of

37And he also rehearsed unto them (for it was unto the king and to

38And he also rehearsed unto them concerning the rebellions of

39But this is not all; for he expounded unto them the plan of

40And it came to pass that after he had said all these things, and

41And he began to cry unto the Lord, saying: O Lord, have mercy;

42And now, when he had said this, he fell unto the earth, as if he

43And it came to pass that his servants took him and carried him in