Without any hesitation the king bowed himself before the Lord. On his bended knees, and even prone—with his face to the ground—the king, humbly, but with a loud voice, cried unto God for the blessings of which Aaron had spoken. The king, not unlike the Prophet Joseph Smith in these Last Days, lacked knowledge. He asked God. God answered his prayer! So great were the emotions of the repentant king that with his supplication ended, “he was struck as if he were dead.”
The Sacred Record says, “he did prostrate himself upon the earth.” When King Benjamin, part of whose address we have just read, finished speaking to his people concerning the coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ, he cast his eyes upon the multitude who had heard his mighty sermon, and observed that they had “all fallen to the earth.” This same phenomenon seized the king of the Lamanites unto whom Aaron proclaimed the Gospel. To prostrate oneself, or fall to the earth, before The Majesty on High is an act of humble devotion. It recognizes the greatness of God and the nothingness of man. It expresses the soul’s deepest humility. With a great desire to do away with pride and arrogance, to do good all the rest of his days, and with a great love for the coming Redeemer in his heart, the great ruler of the Lamanites fell down before the Lord, and cried mightily for the blessings of obedience.