Successful Mission
Ammon and his brothers spent several years teaching the Gospel to the Lamanites. Ammon chose to go first to the land of Ishmael. He was captured by the Lamanites and taken before their king, Lamoni. Lamoni asked his purpose in straying so far from Nephite lands. When Ammon replied that he wanted only to serve, the king, impressed, offered him one of the king's daughters. Ammon refused but became a servant in the king's household, assisting others in caring for his flocks (the Book of Mormon does not use the term sheep).
When bandits attacked their flocks one day, the other servants fled but Ammon stood his ground and was miraculously protected. Ammon was granted supernatural strength and actually cut off the arms of each robber who attacked him. His great power convinced the servants, and the king, that he was favored of God. The king, his household, and the entire kingdom were converted to the Gospel.
Later, Lamoni's love and respect for Ammon impressed Lamoni's father, the king of all the Lamanites. As a result, the Lamanite king accepted the teachings of Aaron, Ammon's brother, and was baptized. The Lamanites converted as a result of Ammon's ministry were called the "Anti-Nephi-Lehies" until they changed their name to the People of Ammon after their migration to the Nephite land of Jershon. They swore never to take up arms again, and never did, although the Two thousand stripling warriors were recruited from among their sons.
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