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When their spiritual leaders urge them not to do so, instead 2,000 of their sons—who had not sworn their parents' oath—mobilize for the war effort under the leadership of a prophet named Helaman. [7] The Book of Mormon calls these mobilized young men of the people of Ammon "stripling warriors" and "stripling Ammonites".
Depiction of a "Stripling Warrior", who according to the Book of Mormon was a member of the Anti-Nephi-Lehi ethnic group. According to the Book of Mormon, the Anti-Nephi-Lehies (/ ˈ æ n t aɪ ˈ n iː f aɪ ˈ l iː h aɪ z /) [1] [2] were an ethnic group of Lamanites formed around 90 BC in the Americas, after a significant religious conversion. [3]
Ammon 3 establishes a church in Ishmael. Aaron 3 is rejected by the people of Jerusalem. He and his companions are imprisoned in the land of Middoni. Ammon 3 and Lamoni journey to Middoni to free the prisoners. They meet Lamoni's father, king of all the Lamanites 2. Believing Ammon 3 has deceived his son, Lamoni's father tries to slay Ammon 3.
This eventually ended in a war and a year-long siege of Rabbah, the capital of Ammon. The war ended with all the Ammonite cities being conquered and plundered, and the inhabitants being killed or put to forced labor at David's command. [17] [18] According to both 1 Kings 14:21-31 and 2 Chronicles 12:13, Naamah was an Ammonite.
The Book of Mormon describes a time in which the Nephite nation was still recovering from a bloody civil war that had been initiated by the rebellion of Amlici, a follower of the Nehor sect, who, after losing a popular election to be made king, made an alliance with the Lamanites.
In the Book of Mormon, Ammon (/ ˈ æ m ə n /) [1] is a prominent Nephite missionary and a son of King Mosiah. He originally opposes the church, but along with his brothers and Alma the Younger, is miraculously converted. Following his conversion he serves a mission to the Lamanites and converts Lamoni and his people.
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First mentioned when people of Ammon, seeking protection from fellow Lamanites, resettled there about 76 BC (Alma 27:22-24). Because of the threat of war from the Zoramites in Antionum to the south, Ammonites were relocated to Melek about 73 BC. All references to Jershon come from this three- to four-year period.