Alma 57:17 Textual Variants

for behold [Ammoron 01BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST|Ammon A] had sent to their support a new supply of provision and also a numerous army of men

Here the 1830 compositor accidentally set Ammoron as Ammon, the more common Book of Mormon name (which occurs 174 times, compared to 24 times for Ammoron). The correct name was restored in the following (1837) edition. One other example of this mix-up between the two names occurred momentarily in 𝓞:

Alma 52:3
- thus king [Ammon > Ammoron 0|Ammoron 1ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] the brother of king Amalickiah was appointed to reign in his stead

In this case, Oliver Cowdery immediately corrected Ammon by overwriting the n with an r and then writing the final on inline.

Summary: Maintain the name Ammoron in Alma 57:17 and elsewhere, despite the marginal tendency to replace it with the more common name Ammon.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 5

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