OMNER, CITY OF. A city of the Nephites on the east borders by the sea shore, in other words, a seaport town on the South Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea. It was probably named after Omner, the son of Mosiah, and, if so, we are justified, from the custom of the Nephites, in believing that he was its founder. It fell into the hands of the Lamanites in B. C. 67 (Alma, 51: 26), and undoubtedly again in B. C. 35, (or about that time), though it is not then mentioned by name.
OMNI. A Nephite prophet, son of Jarom, and a descendant of Jacob, the younger brother of Nephi. He lived in the land of Nephi, and was the custodian of the plates of Nephi from the 239th to the 283d year of the Nephite annals, or 44 years. He characterizes himself as a wicked man, who had not kept the commandments and statutes of the Lord as he ought to have done, but had been principally engaged in defending his people from the constantly recurring onslaught of the Lamanites. The history of his times he sums up in one short sentence: "And it came to pass that 276 years had passed away [from the time Lehi left Jerusalem] and we had many seasons of peace and we had many seasons of serious war and bloodshed.' ' Having kept the plates according to the commandments of his fathers, he conferred them upon his son Amaron. (B. C. 318.)
ONIDAH, HILL. A hill in the land of Antionum, from which Alma, the younger, preached to the Zoramites (B. C. 75) (Alma, 32: 4).
ONIDAH, PLACE. The gathering place of the dissatisfied Lamanites, led by Lehonti, who refused to give heed to the king's proclamation of war against the Nephites (B. C. 75). Thither the malcontents were followed by Amalickiah and an army. By the latter's strategy and plotting he obtained an interview with Lehonti on Mount Antipas, and arranged to surrender his troops. Onidah is called "the place of arms," and may
