After 2 days and two nights, King Lamoni's Queen summoned Ammon.
Ammon came unto her,
"And she said unto him: The servants of my husband have made it known unto me that thou art a prophet of a hold God, and that thou hast power to do man mighty works in his name;
Therefore, if this is the case, I would that ye should go in and see my husband, for he has been laid upon his bed for the space of two days and two nights; and some say that he is not dead, but others say that he is dead and that he stinketh and that he ought to be placed in the sepulchre; but as for myself, to me he doth not stink."
Ammon had actually wanted to go in and see the king because he knew that he was carried away by the spirit and that he was learning and that the veil of darkness was being lifted from his mind.
Ammon went in to see the king and told the queen that he was not dead and that he would arise the next morning, and not to bury him.
"And Ammon said unto her: Believest thou this? And she said unto him: I have had no witness save thy word, and the word of our servants; nevertheless I believe that it shall be according as thou hast said."
"And Ammon said unto her: Blessed art thou because of thy exceeding faith; I say unto thee woman, here has not been such great faith among all the Nephites."
The queen watched over her husband all night, and he arose as Ammon had promised. King Lamoni, blessed the Lord and told them of the prophecy that he had received. Then he and the queen were overpowered by the spirt and sunk down. Ammon saw the spirit of the Lord was present and poured his soul out in thankful prayer, and he too sunk down through the spirit.
Then all those in the house saw what had happened and they all cried out in prayer, and they too sunk to the earth, except for one Lamanitish woman, who had converted the Christ many years ago, because her father had received a vision. Her name was Abish.
Abish ran outside and made it known unto all the people of what had happened. All the people came in unto the house and they assumed that all the host of the house were dead and they saw that Ammon was a Nephite. They assumed that a great evil had come upon the house, which was why all the people of the house appeared to be dead.
"Now, one of them, whose brother had been slain with the sword of Ammon, being exceedingly angry with Ammon, drew his sword and went forth that he might let it fall upon Ammon, to slay him; and he lifted the sword to smite him, behold, he fell dead."
When the people saw that the man had fallen dead, they were frightened and dared not to touch Ammon.
Abish went forth and took her mistress' hand and as soon as Abish touched the queen's hand, she arose and stood, and said,
". . .O blessed Jesus, who has saved me from an awful hell! O blessed God, have mercy on this people!"
Then Lamoni arose and began to rebuke the people and teach them what Ammon taught him. Many heard his words and were converted, but there were many that were not converted.
Many were baptized and did believe on his words and the established a church.
This is one of my favorite book of Mormon stories, I love the amazing spirit the the Lord poured out upon the people.
So, we might not fall to the ground as if dead to receive testimony of the Lord.
It's an amazing story, and Ammon was protected because the Lord had promised his father, King Mosiah that he would protect his sons.
I just thought that this whole story would be a good one to tell. There are so many good stories, so I'll probably be using a lot of stories in later blogs. <3
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