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Depiction of a "Stripling Warrior", who according to the Book of Mormon was a member of the Anti-Nephi-Lehi ethnic group. According to the Book of Mormon, the Anti-Nephi-Lehies (/ ˈ æ n t aɪ ˈ n iː f aɪ ˈ l iː h aɪ z /) [1] [2] were a tribe of Lamanites formed around 90 BC in the Americas, after a significant religious conversion. [3]
Ammon and his brothers embark on a mission to the land of Nephi, and his converts there lay down their lives during attacks by their brethren, which leads to additional conversions. They refuse to take arms due to their conversion. [2] [3] The Ammonites (or Anti-Nephi-Lehies) were Lamanites who were converted to Christianity by Ammon, the son ...
The story of Nephi obtaining the plates from Laban takes up all of the third and fourth chapters of the First Book of Nephi. In Chapter 3, Lehi tells Nephi that he has had a prophetic dream in which the Lord commanded him to send his four sons back to Jerusalem to obtain a set of brass plates held by a man named Laban.
The Lamanites converted as a result of Ammon's ministry are called the "Anti-Nephi-Lehies" until they change their name to the People of Ammon after their migration to the Nephite land of Jershon. They swear to never take up arms again (and never do), although the two thousand stripling warriors are later recruited from among their sons.
According to the Book of Mormon, Lehi (/ ˈ l iː h aɪ / LEE-hy) [1] was a prophet who lived in Jerusalem during the reign of King Zedekiah (approximately 600 BC). [2] In First Nephi, Lehi is rejected for preaching repentance and he leads his family, including Sariah, Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi, into the wilderness.
King of the Lamanites 2 (unnamed), who was father of Lamoni and Anti-Nephi-Lehi, and who was converted by Aaron 3 (c. 90 BC). [151] King of the Lamanites 3 (unnamed), who was slain by Amalickiah's servant (c. 72 BC). [152] King of the Lamanites 4 (unnamed), to whom Nephite dissenters appealed. Possibly the same as, or a successor to, Tubaloth ...
Christ performs multiple functions in the vision, also being symbolized by the fountain of living water and the tree of life. Nephi uses language as a shorthand for corresponding parts of Nephi's and Lehi's vision, like when the children of men fall down and worship Christ, and when people in Lehi's dream fall down and eat the fruit.
After another group of Lamanites are converted and become the Anti-Nephi-Lehies, the Amalekites encourage the remaining Lamanites to attack, and they kill around 1,000 of the Anti-Nephi-Lehies, who are unarmed and do not defend themselves. Many of the Lamanites stop fighting and are converted, but the Amalekites continue their attack.