"Alma 26 is an account of Ammon praising the Lord, who he feels is so merciful. Please remember this is the same Ammon, who with his brothers and Alma, went about trying to destroy the church. Through their fathers' faith, they received a witness, repented and decided to share the gospel with the Lamanites. When people heard where they were going, they 'laughed them to scorn'. In essence they said, who do you think you are? Look at those people, they are prideful, stiffnecked, they love to shed blood, and have committed some grievious sins. Do you really think you can change them? It would be better go to war against them and kill them to rid the land of their iniquity, lest they detroy us.
Currently their mission had been a great success. They had converted King Lamoni and his Father and all the people in their kingdoms. Other Lamanites were so upset they took arms up against them, bent on destroying them. The Anti Nephi-Lehites (the new name for the converted) refused to pick up their arms and instead bowed themelves down and submitted themselves to the other lamanites, who then killed them, even though they never fought back. Some of the lamanites, upon seeing this had their hearts swell within them, they repented and were converted. They threw down their weapons of war and joined with the people of God. Over 1000 were slain by the Lamanites but more than that were converted."
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