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Amnigaddah.
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Amnor.

the city of Moroni, and was succeeded by his son Tubaloth (B. C. 61).

Ammoron is not mentioned until the death of his brother; then we are told he left the land of Zarahemla, repaired to the land of Nephi, informed the widowed queen of her loss, and gathered a vast host of men to continue the war, especially on the western border. He determined to carry on hostilities with unabated vigor, for a time taking personal command in the west; but he does not appear to have possessed the military skill and genius of his brother, for during his reign the Nephites reconquered nearly all the territory and recaptured nearly all the cities that had been wrested from them by Amalickiah. Later on in the war, when the Lamanite invaders on the east coast had all been driven to the land of Moroni, Ammoron was with them, and it was in the city of that name that he was slain with a javelin by Teancum. Ammoron is brought most prominently before the reader of the Book of Mormon through the insertion of the correspondence that passed between him and Moroni regarding an exchange of prisoners of war. In this correspondence his character is very clearly shown, (Alma, chap, 54).

AMNIGADDAH. A Jaredite king, the son of Aaron, and the father of Coriantum. His father, himself and his son were kept prisoners all their lives by the dynasty that had usurped the throne. In his grandson Com's days, the kingdom was recovered.


AMNIHU. A hill on the east of the river Sidon, near which a desperate battle was fought (B. C. 87), between the Nephites and Amlicites, in which more than 19,000 warriors were slain. The Nephites, who were commanded by Alma, were the victors.


AMNOR. A Nephite captain,who, with others, was sent out by Alma to watch the Amlicites