In the emotionally aroused activity of King Lamoni‘s servants following their spectacular triumph over the king’s enemies—scenes never before witnessed by them, contrasts so striking—that at the king’s command they rehearsed before him all the things they had seen happen.
One by one they bore witness to the Nephite’s prowess with the sling and the sword. The skill and valor with which Ammon protected the king’s flocks and herds from seizure by the marauding bands of thieves and cattle-rustlers, that greatly troubled his herdsmen with their numbers and the frequency of their presence, amazed Lamoni; it struck him with fear and wonder. “Surely,” he said, “this is more than a man,” then almost frantically asked his retainers, “Behold, is not this the Great Spirit who doth send such great punishments upon this people, because of their murders?”