Aaron leaves the city of Jerusalem after having no success. He meets with others from the original party, including two of his brothers, and finds that they have had no success either. All of them travel to Middoni to try again. This time they are imprisoned. We are not told how long they were in prison, but they were released when Lamoni and Ammon arrived. At this point, Alma has caught his readers up to the point in the story where Lamoni and Ammon’s story ended. Thus, this part is no longer the flashback to the parallel timing of the missions, but is caught up to the main story line. Indeed, the story of Lamoni and Ammon set up this next major missionary success, and the story of Aaron, up to this part, has been one of missionary frustration, rather than success.