Alma 18:6-10
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Verse 6
- Did king Lamoni think that the servants had been in cahoots with the rustlers ("their brethren")?
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Verse 7
- Who are "these" Lamanites that had this "practice of plunder among them"? What land did they come from, that they could successfully "drive away many that were scattered into their own land"?
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Verse 8
- On the one hand, Lamoni wonders if Ammon is the Great Spirit, and on the other hand he asks "where is this man"--what is going on here? What exactly does Lamoni think of Ammon at this point?
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Verse 9
- This is one of the few references to horses in the Book of Mormon. Since horses are practically undocumented in the archaeological record of Pre-Columbian America, how do we explain their mention here in the Book of Mormon?
- Chariots are also practically unknown from Ancient America. What are we to make of their reference here?
- What does Lamoni mean by commanding his servants to "conduct him forth" to the land of Nephi? What is there about these Lamanite horses and chariots that would merit conducting?
- How is it that Lamoni (who is a descendant of Ishmael) has a father that is king of all the Lamanites? Does this tell us anything about how descent was calculated among these peoples?
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Verse 10
- What is it about Ammon's faithfulness that so impresses Lamoni?
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Lexical notes
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Exegesis
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Related links
- Robert Bennett, Horses in the Book of Mormon, Maxwell Institute.
- Jeff Lindsay has a section on Book of Mormon horses on his LDS FAQ page.
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