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Show Be “( OF ‘ ALMA. BOOK OF ALMA. ~ {Now as we must needs suppose. ord. to Amalickiah, and those which behold, the wilderness: for a proclamation throughout he had had taken return 1 our recfled wath him into bi of ee ehonti, that went those which that they should gather land, among themselves together batile against the Nephites. the king, and they also feared against the Nephites, lest they should to go lose their lives. to battle Andit part of them came to pass that they would not, or the more king. the ol ts ndmen would not obey the comma because And now it came to pass that the king was wroth, com: the kial of their disobedience; therefore he gave Amalic t unto uls obedien was which mand of that part of his army ea go forth anc commands, and commanded him that he should desire 0! the was this behold, Now arms. to compel them ee evil, do to Amalickiah: for he being a very subtle man t Ne of king the e fore he laid the plan in his heart to dethron Lamanites. And now he had got the command ol those parts 1€ obedient; there: sought to gain favor of those which were not Le for thither had all the Lamanites fled; a ee oe ring a 7 of ; the king; were ini favor | ee i of the Lamanites which fore he went forward to the place which was called _Omica, for they discovered the army coming, and supposing that they were coming to desttO} them, therefore they fled to Onidah, to the place of isp And they had appointed a man fo be a king and a leaaet si AvsLit came to pass that they had gathered themselves é gether upon the topof the mount which was called Anup? preparation to battle. Now it was not commandments Amalickiah’s inte? ne © che to. give them battle, according to the \ wilh favor gain to king ; but behold, it was his intention e himself at thet 4 armies of the Lanifmites, that he might place king the of n possessi0 head, and dethrone the king, and take d his army © dom. And behold, it came to pass that he cause Ante the pitch their tents in the valley which was near ar. the mount he sent 2 it was e nignt, pas. And it came to pass that when ; a | ea? Antipas, desiring that the would not; whose 7 name was down. the second time, de And it came to pass that Lehonti and he sent again the third time. --And it came is pass that when Amalickiah found that he could not get Lehont ‘ocome down off from the mount, he went up into the mounti nearly to Lehonti’s camp; and he sent again the fourth time, his message unto Lehonti, desiring that he would eome doy i and that he would bring his guards with him. Aer And it came to pass that when Lehonti had come down with his guards to Amalickiah, that Amalickiah desired him ‘0 come down with his army in the night time and surround those mensin their camps, over whom the king had gave him and that he would deliver them up into Lehou t? ya ands, if he would make him, (Amalickiah,) a second lead over the whole army. oe a ‘Si o pass that Lehonti came down with his men, on. “ om re -< ss the men of Amalickiah, so that before they awn of the day, they were surrounded by the eed And it Came to pass that when they saw a MOU Suffer tem to fall in with ¢heir Decthaes thas oy nae WEA desc hoibe destro yed. f them, being fixed in their minds with a determined resolute! that they would not be subjected to go against the poe secret embassy into the mount sirmg him tocome again, to go to And it came to pass that when the proclamation had gone they feared forth among them, they were exceeding fraid; yea, to displease caméto pass that Amalickiah sent again all bis people, | upon the mount, come dow for he desired to speak with him. oe And it came to pass that when Lehonti received the message, he durst not go down to the foot of the mount. And it the [.awith him, and went up into the land of Nephi, among manites. and did stir up the Lamanites to anger, against the people of Nephi, insomuch that the king ot the Lamanites seat all his a he should 300 et iickiat = i thisS was was th the very thingi whch rs 7 th, which es Ama- Now - weed that he the king. delivered his men, contrary to Now this was the thing that Am- thibning ee that he might accomplish his designs ‘in detee cs. oe : ore it ha the custom among the Laman- ses 8 thes Sn oe killed, to appoint the second sane mia . pass that Amalickiah caused that one of his Fates c administer poison, by degrees, to Lehonti, that Wied dex ee Lehonti was dead, the Lamanites ap- ks : icklah to be their leader and their chief commanames (fon . aia to pass that Amalickiah marched with’ his Rat ve é had gained his desires) to the land of Nephi, to Yor Nephi, which was the chief ‘city. “And the king Came . : : Sito meet him, with his guards: for he supposed that eeMalickiah . had fulfilled his commands, and ‘that Amalickiah 20% |
