“They Took Up Arms Against the People of Anti–nephi–lehi”

Brant Gardner

In Mosiah 23:39 we learn that Amulon had been made king of the land of Helam, which is the city founded by Alma the Elder and his people after they had fled Lehi-Nephi. It is therefore not surprising at all that we still find Amulonites in Helam. We have similarly seen them in Jerusalem. To these two cities we have the original settlement of Amulon. All of these locations have continued from their founding to this point in time, and all have retained a strong Amulonite presence, though they also contain many who are designated Lamanites. All of the occupants of these cities are stirred up in their hatred by the Amulonites. Where the sons of Mosiah had success in other cities, in those cities and lands dominated by the descendants of the priests of Noah they not only have no success, they meet with fierce enmity. There is no enemy like the one who was once a brother

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