Unit 65

king

39 occurrences in 27 verses

Alma 46:4, 5,

Alma 47:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 13, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35,

Alma 48:2,

Alma 49:10, 25

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 47:1

Now we will return in our record to Amalickiah

and those who had fled with him into the wilderness;

for, behold, he had taken those who went with him,

and went up in the land of Nephi among the Lamanites,

and did stir up the Lamanites to anger against the people of Nephi,

insomuch that the king of the Lamanites sent a proclamation

throughout all his land, among all his people,

that they should gather themselves together again

to go to battle against the Nephites.

Alma 47:2

And it came to pass that

when the proclamation had gone forth among them

they were exceedingly afraid;

yea, they feared to displease the king,

and they also feared to go to battle against the Nephites

lest they should lose their lives.

And it came to pass that they would not,

or the more part of them would not,

obey the commandments of the king.

Alma 47:3

And now it came to pass that

the king was wroth because of their disobedience;

therefore he gave Amalickiah the command of that part of his army

which was obedient unto his commands,

and commanded him that he should go forth and compel them to arms.

Alma 47:4

Now behold, this was the desire of Amalickiah;

for he being a very subtle man to do evil

therefore he laid the plan in his heart to dethrone the king of the Lamanites.

Alma 47:5

And now he had got the command of those parts of the Lamanites

who were in favor of the king;

and he sought to gain favor of those who were not obedient;

therefore he went forward to the place which was called Onidah,

for thither had all the Lamanites fled;

for they discovered the army coming,

and, supposing that they were coming to destroy them,

therefore they fled to Onidah, to the place of arms.

Alma 47:6

And they had appointed a man to be a king and a leader over them,

being fixed in their minds with a determined resolution

that they would not be subjected to go against the Nephites.

Alma 47:8

Now it was not Amalickiah's intention

to give them battle according to the commandments of the king;

but behold, it was his intention to gain favor with the armies of the Lamanites,

that he might place himself at their head

and dethrone the king and take possession of the kingdom.

Alma 47:13

And it came to pass that when Lehonti had come down

with his guards to Amalickiah,

that Amalickiah desired him to come down with his army in the night-time,

and surround those men in their camps

over whom the king had given him command,

and that he would deliver them up into Lehonti's hands,

if he would make him (Amalickiah) a second leader over the whole army.

Alma 47:16

And it came to pass that he delivered his men,

contrary to the commands of the king.

Now this was the thing that Amalickiah desired,

that he might accomplish his designs in dethroning the king.

Alma 47:21

And the king came out to meet him with his guards,

for he supposed that Amalickiah had fulfilled his commands,

and that Amalickiah had gathered together so great an army

to go against the Nephites to battle.

Alma 47:22

But behold, as the king came out to meet him

Amalickiah caused that his servants should go forth to meet the king.

And they went and bowed themselves before the king,

as if to reverence him because of his greatness.

Alma 47:23

And it came to pass that the king put forth his hand to raise them,

as was the custom with the Lamanites, as a token of peace,

which custom they had taken from the Nephites.

Alma 47:24

And it came to pass that when he had raised the first from the ground,

behold he stabbed the king to the heart; and he fell to the earth.

Alma 47:25

Now the servants of the king fled;

and the servants of Amalickiah raised a cry, saying:

Alma 47:26

Behold, the servants of the king have stabbed him to the heart,

and he has fallen and they have fled;

behold, come and see.

Alma 47:27

And it came to pass that Amalickiah commanded

that his armies should march forth and see what had happened to the king;

and when they had come to the spot, and found the king lying in his gore,

Amalickiah pretended to be wroth, and said:

Whosoever loved the king, let him go forth, and pursue his servants

that they may be slain.

Alma 47:28

And it came to pass that all they who loved the king,

when they heard these words,

came forth and pursued after the servants of the king.

Alma 47:29

Now when the servants of the king saw an army pursuing after them,

they were frightened again, and fled into the wilderness,

and came over into the land of Zarahemla and joined the people of Ammon.

Alma 47:32

And now it came to pass that the queen,

when she had heard that the king was slain —

for Amalickiah had sent an embassy to the queen informing her

that the king had been slain by his servants,

that he had pursued them with his army,

but it was in vain, and they had made their escape —

Alma 47:33

Therefore, when the queen had received this message

she sent unto Amalickiah,

desiring him that he would spare the people of the city;

and she also desired him that he should come in unto her;

and she also desired him that he should bring witnesses with him

to testify concerning the death of the king.

Alma 47:34

And it came to pass that

Amalickiah took the same servant that slew the king,

and all them who were with him,

and went in unto the queen, unto the place where she sat;

and they all testified unto her that the king was slain by his own servants;

and they said also:

They have fled;

does not this testify against them?

And thus they satisfied the queen concerning the death of the king.

Alma 47:35

And it came to pass that

Amalickiah sought the favor of the queen, and took her unto him to wife;

and thus by his fraud, and by the assistance of his cunning servants,

he obtained the kingdom;

yea, he was acknowledged king throughout all the land,

among all the people of the Lamanites,

who were composed of the Lamanites and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites,

and all the dissenters of the Nephites,

from the reign of Nephi down to the present time.

Alma 48:2

And thus he did inspire their hearts against the Nephites,

insomuch that in the latter end of the nineteenth year of the reign of the judges,

he having accomplished his designs thus far,

yea, having been made king over the Lamanites,

he sought also to reign over all the land,

yea, and all the people who were in the land,

the Nephites as well as the Lamanites.

Alma 49:10

Now, if king Amalickiah had come down out of the land of Nephi,

at the head of his army,

perhaps he would have caused

the Lamanites to have attacked the Nephites at the city of Ammonihah;

for behold, he did care not for the blood of his people.

Alma 49:25

And it came to pass, that when the Lamanites saw

that their chief captains were all slain

they fled into the wilderness.

And it came to pass that they returned to the land of Nephi,

to inform their king, Amalickiah, who was a Nephite by birth,

concerning their great loss.