9 But Ammon said unto him: It is against the law of our brethren, which was established by my father, that there should be any slaves among them; therefore let us go down and rely upon the mercies of our brethren. 10 But the king said unto him: Inquire of the Lord, and if he saith unto us go, we will go; otherwise we will perish in the land. Ammon finally says what I thought he would say at first! “Let’s get out of here and hope that our brethren in Zarahemla will understand”. But, true to King Lamoni, he refused unless it was the Lord’s will. Still a rather odd choice and thought process, don’t you think? Stay and be surely killed, or leave and have a chance of being spared by the Nephites. I still do not understand Lamoni’s reasoning.
Ammon seems to imply here that until Mosiah made them a free people by establishing a system of judges that their were slaves among them. How sad. Another reason to not have kings.
Again, what was Lamoni’s reasoning? Perhaps it had to do with causing other people to sin. We know from scripture that our actions can cause others to sin (can’t find the reference now, but it is true). Not that the sin is to be answered completely on those who so influence others. But they bear at least a part, if not the greater portion, of accountability. Anyway, perhaps Lamoni didn’t want to be responsible for cause the otherwise peace loving Nephites to kill another person. The Amalickites were already steeped in hate and murder. Perhaps he figured it better to die at the hands of the already murderous Lamanites than to cause the Nephites to join in the blood bath.
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