Alma 20:4 4 Now Lamoni said unto Ammon:  I know, in the strength of the Lord thou canst do all things.  But behold, I will go with thee to the land of Middoni; for the king of the land of Middoni, whose name is Antiomno, is a friend unto me; therefore I go to the land of Middoni, that I may flatter the king of the land, and he will cast thy brethren out of prison.  Now Lamoni said unto him:  Who told thee that thy brethren were in prison?

Alma 20:5 5 And Ammon said unto him:  No one hath told me, save it be God;
and he said unto me—­Go and deliver thy brethren, for they are in
prison in the land of Middoni.

Alma 20:6 6 Now when Lamoni had heard this he caused that his servants
should make ready his horses and his chariots.

Alma 20:7 7 And he said unto Ammon:  Come, I will go with thee down to the
land of Middoni, and there I will plead with the king that he
will cast thy brethren out of prison.

Alma 20:8 8 And it came to pass that as Ammon and Lamoni were journeying
thither, they met the father of Lamoni, who was king over all the
land.

Alma 20:9 9 And behold, the father of Lamoni said unto him:  Why did ye not
come to the feast on that great day when I made a feast unto my
sons, and unto my people?

Alma 20:10 10 And he also said:  Whither art thou going with this Nephite,
who is one of the children of a liar?

Alma 20:11 11 And it came to pass that Lamoni rehearsed unto him whither he
was going, for he feared to offend him.

Alma 20:12 12 And he also told him all the cause of his tarrying in his own
kingdom, that he did not go unto his father to the feast which he
had prepared.

Alma 20:13 13 And now when Lamoni had rehearsed unto him all these things, behold, to his astonishment, his father was angry with him, and said:  Lamoni, thou art going to deliver these Nephites, who are sons of a liar.  Behold, he robbed our fathers; and now his children are also come amongst us that they may, by their cunning and their lyings, deceive us, that they again may rob us of our property.

Alma 20:14 14 Now the father of Lamoni commanded him that he should slay
Ammon with the sword.  And he also commanded him that he should
not go to the land of Middoni, but that he should return with him
to the land of Ishmael.

Alma 20:15 15 But Lamoni said unto him:  I will not slay Ammon, neither will
I return to the land of Ishmael, but I go to the land of Middoni
that I may release the brethren of Ammon, for I know that they
are just men and holy prophets of the true God.

Alma 20:16 16 Now when his father had heard these words, he was angry with
him, and he drew his sword that he might smite him to the earth.

Alma 20:17 17 But Ammon stood forth and said unto him:  Behold, thou shalt not slay thy son; nevertheless, it were better that he should fall than thee, for behold, he has repented of his sins; but if thou shouldst fall at this time, in thine anger, thy soul could not be saved.