City of ammonihah books

The inhabitants of ammonihah were followers of the religion of nehor references. This man, amulek, took alma to his home and fed him. The land and city of ammonihah are northward from the land of melek, westward from the land of aaron, and southward of the lands of noah and sidom. Alma leaves ammonihah the first time, he journeys towards the city which. Includes every geographical place mentioned in the book of mormon. Ammonihah is a city mentioned in the book of mormon. He left the city to minister elsewhere, but was commanded by an angel to return. According to the book, the city was founded by an otherwise unknown man named ammonihah. Welch, the destruction of ammonihah and the law of apostate cities, in reexploring the book of mormon.

A dictionary of the book of mormonammonihah, city of wikisource. The citizens of ammonihah had drifted from the truth, and do not receive alma. Despite their successes in preaching, alma and amulek. Almas mission to ammonihah, book of mormon stories. The city of noah, not far from ammonihah see alma 49. Alma then meets amulek near ammonihah, and the duo then confront zeezrom. The name ammonihah is a book of mormon toponym referenced 26 times in the text. No nephites died, but over a thousand lamanites died, including all their chief captains. Ammonihah, city ofin west, near cities of melek, noah, and aaron.

An angel had told the man that alma would come and that alma was a prophet of god. Ammonihah is a city in western zarahemla where alma goes to preach after preaching in melek. The location of the city ammonihah provides support for the premise that the city of nephi and its land of nephi i. As he entered the city, he asked a man for some food. In the book of alma, the destruction wrought upon ammonihah was. A dictionary of the book of mormonammonihah, city of. This internal arrangement would separate the city of ammonihah by a minimum of 34 days from the lamanitenephite southern border the narrow strip of. The other 25 citations are all in the book of alma. Almas mission to ammonihah, book of mormon stories 1997, 5863 close video alma worried about the nephites wickedness, so he decided to spend all his time preaching the gospel. A western city of the nephites, situated in the same region as the cities of melek, noah, and aaron. Ancient israelite law had a specific statute for the case of apostate cities.

Why was the city of ammonihah destroyed and left desolate. Since the city of ammonihah was east of river sidon see the article entitled ammonihah in this blog, we would expect sidom to be either. The inhabitants of ammonihah were followers of the religion of nehor after alma the younger had visited several cities, setting the church in order and preaching, he went to ammonihah to do the same, but was rejected by the people. Lake of fire and brimstone, and outer darkness, in the book of mormon and the. It was inhabited almost exclusively by the followers of nehor, and was notorious for the wickedness of its inhabitants. Ammonihah first appears by name in mormons compendium in the 10th year of the reign of the judges ca. Welch, law and war in the book of mormon, in warfare in the book of mormon, ed. Ammonihah true book of mormon geography lands western. It was here, in 72 bc by the nephite calendar, that the lamanites, under the command of lamanite king amalickiah, attacked the nephites. A complete description of the book of mormon geography bomgeography, including an internal map model, external map model i. This site can be used as a study guide to help understand the book of mormon. Ammonihah, city of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Welch, the destruction of ammonihah and the law of apostate cities in reexploring the book of mormon, salt lake city.