Alma 47

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May 7, 2023

This was inspired by a sacrament meeting talk, that, I'm guessing, was inspired by a John Bytheway talk about the war chapters in the Book of Mormon.

In Alma 47 Amalickiah was conspiring to become king of the Lamanites and a large portion of the Lamanite army were "fixed in their minds with a determined resolution that they would not"¹ go to war with the Nephites.

They followed their leader Lehonti to "the top of the mount which was called Antipas" ² and there waited for Amalichkiah to launch his attack. Amalichkiah however didn't intend to attack them but rather subtly persuade to give up on their determined resolution.

Amalickiah invited them to come down from the mountain to meet with him and they refused. Then he changed his tactics. He went most of the way up the mount and asked them to come down only a little bit to meet him.

They did, and it led to them eventually falling all the way into his trap. Lehonti was murdered, "poison[ed] by degrees"³, by Amalickiah, and Amalickiah gained control of the whole Lamanite army and used their power to help him secure a position not only as the leader of their army but as king over all of Lamanites.

So when you are tempted to come down from your standards, even a little. Remember to Stay on Lehonti's Mountain, and don't come down!