He is captured by the Lamanites and taken before their king, Lamoni. to 76 b.c.Īmmon and his brothers spend several years teaching the Gospel to the Lamanites. The shock puts Alma the Younger into an insensible state for a time the specific effect on Ammon is not described, but he becomes fully converted to the Gospel and desires to serve as a missionary to the Lamanites. Because of the fervent prayers of their parents, Alma the Younger and the four sons of Mosiah have a conversion experience much like that of Paul the Apostle an angel appears to them on the road and rebukes them for their wickedness. He rejects the Church and attempts to turn the people from the teachings of the prophets. Book of Mormon Narrative Early life and conversion Īs one of the four sons of King Mosiah, Ammon has tremendous influence among his people, the Nephites. Mormon apologist Hugh Nibley claimed that Ammon (or Amon) ( Mosiah 7:3) is "the commonest name in the Book of Mormon" and "the commonest name in the Egyptian Empire" (which embraced Palestine at Lehi's time, which fell within its Late Period).
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