Unit 57

with

12 occurrences in 12 verses

Alma 21:5, 10, 11, 23,

Alma 22:2, 3, 15, 19, 20, 25, 31, 33

Alma 21:5

Therefore, as Aaron entered into one of their synagogues to preach unto the people,

and as he was speaking unto them,

behold there arose an Amalekite and began to contend with him, saying:

What is that thou hast testified?

Hast thou seen an angel?

Why do not angels appear unto us?

Behold are not this people as good as thy people?

Alma 21:10

And it came to pass as he began to expound these things unto them

they were angry with him, and began to mock him;

and they would not hear the words which he spake.

Alma 21:11

Therefore, when he saw that they would not hear his words,

he departed out of their synagogue,

and came over to a village which was called Ani-Anti,

and there he found Muloki preaching the word unto them;

and also Ammah and his brethren.

And they contended with many about the word.

Alma 21:23

And Ammon did preach unto the people of king Lamoni;

and it came to pass that he did teach them all things

concerning things pertaining to righteousness.

And he did exhort them daily, with all diligence;

and they gave heed unto his word,

and they were zealous for keeping the commandments of God.

Alma 22:2

And it came to pass that he went in unto him

into the king's palace, with his brethren,

and bowed himself before the king, and said unto him:

Behold, O king, we are the brethren of Ammon,

whom thou hast delivered out of prison.

Alma 22:3

And now, O king, if thou wilt spare our lives, we will be thy servants.

And the king said unto them:

Arise, for I will grant unto you your lives,

and I will not suffer that ye shall be my servants;

but I will insist that ye shall administer unto me;

for I have been somewhat troubled in mind

because of the generosity and the greatness of the words of thy brother Ammon;

and I desire to know the cause why he has not come up out of Middoni with thee.

Alma 22:15

And it came to pass that

after Aaron had expounded these things unto him,

the king said:

What shall I do that I may have this eternal life of which thou hast spoken?

Yea, what shall I do that I may be born of God,

having this wicked spirit rooted out of my breast,

and receive his Spirit, that I may be filled with joy,

that I may not be cast off at the last day?

Behold, said he, I will give up all that I possess,

yea, I will forsake my kingdom, that I may receive this great joy.

Alma 22:19

And it came to pass that his servants ran and told the queen

all that had happened unto the king.

And she came in unto the king;

and when she saw him lay as if he were dead,

and also Aaron and his brethren standing

as though they had been the cause of his fall,

she was angry with them,

and commanded that her servants, or the servants of the king,

should take them and slay them.

Alma 22:20

Now the servants had seen the cause of the king's fall,

therefore they durst not lay their hands on Aaron and his brethren;

and they pled with the queen saying:

Why commandest thou that we should slay these men,

when behold one of them is mightier than us all?

Therefore we shall fall before them.

Alma 22:25

But the king stood forth among them and administered unto them.

And they were pacified towards Aaron

and those who were with him.

Alma 22:31

And they came from there up into the south wilderness.

Thus the land on the northward was called Desolation,

and the land on the southward was called Bountiful,

it being the wilderness which is filled

with all manner of wild animals of every kind,

a part of which had come from the land northward for food.

Alma 22:33

And it came to pass that the Nephites had inhabited the land Bountiful,

even from the east unto the west sea,

and thus the Nephites in their wisdom, with their guards and their armies,

had hemmed in the Lamanites on the south,

that thereby they should have no more possession on the north,

that they might not overrun the land northward.