Alma 46:1

And it came to pass that

as many as would not hearken to the words of Helaman and his brethren

were gathered together against their brethren.

Alma 46:2

And now behold, they were exceedingly wroth,

insomuch that they were determined to slay them.

Alma 46:3

Now the leader of those who were wroth against their brethren

was a large and a strong man;

and his name was Amalickiah.

Alma 46:4

And Amalickiah was desirous to be a king;

and those people who were wroth were also desirous

that he should be their king;

and they were the greater part of them the lower judges of the land,

and they were seeking for power.

Alma 46:5

And they had been led by the flatteries of Amalickiah,

that if they would support him and establish him to be their king

that he would make them rulers over the people.

Alma 46:6

Thus they were led away by Amalickiah to dissensions,

notwithstanding the preaching of Helaman and his brethren,

yea, notwithstanding their exceedingly great care over the church,

for they were high priests over the church.

Alma 46:7

And there were many in the church

who believed in the flattering words of Amalickiah,

therefore they dissented even from the church;

and thus were the affairs of the people of Nephi

exceedingly precarious and dangerous,

notwithstanding their great victory which they had had over the Lamanites,

and their great rejoicings which they had had

because of their deliverance by the hand of the Lord.

Alma 46:8

Thus we see how quick the children of men do forget the Lord their God,

yea, how quick to do iniquity, and to be led away by the evil one.

Alma 46:9

Yea, and we also see the great wickedness

one very wicked man can cause to take place among the children of men.

Alma 46:10

Yea, we see that Amalickiah,

because he was a man of cunning device and a man of many flattering words,

that he led away the hearts of many people to do wickedly;

yea, and to seek to destroy the church of God,

and to destroy the foundation of liberty

which God had granted unto them,

or which blessing God had sent upon the face of the land

for the righteous' sake.