Mosiah 21:18

Now the people of Limhi kept together in a body

as much as it was possible,

and secured their grain and their flocks;

Mosiah 21:19

And the king himself did not trust his person without the walls of the city,

unless he took his guards with him,

fearing that he might by some means fall into the hands of the Lamanites.

Mosiah 21:20

And he caused that his people should watch the land round about,

that by some means they might take those priests that fled into the wilderness,

who had stolen the daughters of the Lamanites,

and that had caused such a great destruction to come upon them.

Mosiah 21:21

For they were desirous to take them that they might punish them;

for they had come into the land of Nephi by night,

and carried off their grain and many of their precious things;

therefore they laid wait for them.

Mosiah 21:22

And it came to pass that there was no more disturbance

between the Lamanites and the people of Limhi,

even until the time that Ammon and his brethren came into the land.

Mosiah 21:23

And the king having been without the gates of the city with his guard,

discovered Ammon and his brethren;

and supposing them to be priests of Noah

therefore he caused that they should be taken, and bound, and cast into prison.

And had they been the priests of Noah

he would have caused that they should be put to death.

Mosiah 21:24

But when he found that they were not,

but that they were his brethren, and had come from the land of Zarahemla,

he was filled with exceedingly great joy.