We're Going on an Adventure!!!

The Book of Mosiah

Chapters 7
 

"Ammon finds the land of Lehi-Nephi, where Limhi is king—Limhi’s people are in bondage to the Lamanites—Limhi recounts their history—A prophet (Abinadi) had testified that Christ is the God and Father of all things—Those who sow filthiness reap the whirlwind, and those who put their trust in the Lord will be delivered. About 121 B.C."-Introduction to Mosiah Chapter 7


As Mosiah reigned as king, there was peace, and he started to wonder about a group of people that had left years ago to try to claim the lands where Lehi and Nephi first dwelt. He called 16 strong men to go search for the people in Lehi-Nephi, and Ammon was their leader.

They started on their journey into the wilderness, but they didn't know exactly where Lehi-Nephi was, so they wandered in a general 'this is probably the way to Lehi-Nephi' direction.

They did this for forty days, and they were at a hill north of an area named Shilom, and they were tired of all of them not being able to find Lehi-Nephi, so they set up their tents on this hill, and Ammon took three of his men, Amaleki, Helem, and Hem, and they took off to scout if they could find some trace of the city.

They come upon a man, and as they approach him, they recognize him as a king, but before they could take another step, they were surrounded by soldiers!  They were bound and dragged into the city and thrown into prison. 

They were terrified for their lives.  They were only a few men, tied up, in prison, and the rest of the men they had traveled with were not far away, camped peacefully on a hill. 

They were left, waiting, dreading, worrying for a day, and then another day.

Then, the guards came and brought them before the king, bound tightly.  The four of them were tense, waiting for what the king was going to do.  When they entered the throne room, the king commanded the guards to loosen the bounds, and then he commanded them to answer all of his questions.

He came and stood in front of them, and then he introduced himself, "Behold, I am Limhi, the son of Noah, who was the son of Zeniff, who came up out of the land of Zarahemla to inherit this land, which was the land of their fathers, who was made a king by the voice of the people."  He stared them down for a moment, and then continued, "Why did you come here where I was outside the city walls with my guards?  If I wasn't so curious, you'd have been put to death already.  You are now permitted to speak."

Ammon then bowed with as much respect as he could show, "O king, I am very thankful before God this day that I am yet alive, and am permitted to speak; and I will endeavor to speak with boldness; For I am assured that if ye had known me ye would not have suffered that I should have worn these bands. For I am Ammon, and am a descendant of Zarahemla, and have come up out of the land of Zarahemla to inquire concerning our brethren, whom Zeniff brought up out of that land."

At that, King Limhi laughed and told them about he was glad that they had come and how he would have all his people rejoice too.

He then told the four of how they traveled into the land, and how they had difficulties with the Lamanites and then they fell into bondage and paid high taxes to the Lamanites, and how their arrival had given them hope that they will be freed from their slavery to their enemies.(All of this will be gone into more drama in later chapters, yay!)

King Limhi called his people together and introduced the four men to them and told them about how if they kept the commandments of God, they would be freed from slavery and from the oppression of the Lamanites.

The next several chapters are going to be really exciting!!!  To read this chapter go to Mosiah 7