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Unit 56

Segment 8 of 15 [#339]

King Lamoni Is Overcome

Alma 18:40 - Alma 19:1

Duration: 0:48

contextual study / concordance



Alma 18:40

And it came to pass that

after he had said all these things, and expounded them to the king,

that the king believed all his words.


Alma 18:41

And he began to cry unto the Lord, saying:

O Lord, have mercy;

according to thy abundant mercy

which thou hast had upon the people of Nephi,

have upon me, and my people.


Alma 18:42

And now, when he had said this,

he fell unto the earth, as if he were dead.


Alma 18:43

And it came to pass that his servants took him

and carried him in unto his wife, and laid him upon a bed;

and he lay as if he were dead

for the space of two days and two nights;

and his wife, and his sons, and his daughters mourned over him,

after the manner of the Lamanites, greatly lamenting his loss.


Alma 19:1

And it came to pass that after two days and two nights

they were about to take his body and lay it in a sepulchre,

which they had made for the purpose of burying their dead.



The End of Unit 56 - Segment 8