Anti-Nephi-Lehies

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The Anti-Nephi-Lehies were a group in the Book of Mormon known for their dramatic conversion to Christianity and covenant to renounce all violence, even at the cost of their lives.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Anti-Nephi-Lehies canonical 1
people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Book of Mormon people ⓘ
religious group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ammonites (Book of Mormon context) ⓘ
people of Ammon ⓘ
associatedWith Latter-day Saint discourse on conscientious objection ⓘ
buried weapons of war ⓘ
convertedBy sons of Mosiah ⓘ
descendantsCovenant mothers had covenanted not to fight ⓘ
descendantsServedAs stripling warriors (sons of the people of Ammon) ⓘ
effectOnEnemies contributed to further Lamanite conversions ⓘ
led many attacking Lamanites to feel remorse ⓘ
ethicalStance nonviolence ⓘ
pacifism ⓘ
firstAppearance Book of Alma ⓘ
formerReligion Lamanite traditions ⓘ
geographicContext Americas (Book of Mormon setting) ⓘ
linked to: Americas
grantedLand land of Jershon ⓘ
languageContext name formed from Nephi and Lehi with prefix Anti- (Book of Mormon usage) ⓘ
leader Anti-Nephi-Lehi (king) ⓘ
Lamoni (as one of their kings) ⓘ
madeCovenantTo bury their weapons of war ⓘ
never again shed human blood ⓘ
migratedTo Nephite lands ⓘ
motivatedBy repentance for past murders and violence ⓘ
notableFor covenant to renounce all violence ⓘ
dramatic conversion to Christianity ⓘ
refusal to take up arms even in self-defense ⓘ
willingness to die rather than break their covenant ⓘ
origin Lamanites ⓘ
persecutedBy unconverted Lamanites ⓘ
politicalStatus subject people under Nephite protection ⓘ
protectedBy Nephite armies ⓘ
refusedTo take up arms against their brethren the Lamanites ⓘ
religion Christianity (Book of Mormon context) ⓘ
responseToAttack prostrated themselves and prayed instead of fighting ⓘ
scripturalCanon Book of Mormon ⓘ
scripturalReference Alma 23 ⓘ
Alma 24 ⓘ
Alma 25 ⓘ
Alma 27 ⓘ
Alma 43 ⓘ
scripturalTradition Latter-day Saint movement ⓘ
suffered massacres while unarmed ⓘ
taughtBy Aaron (Book of Mormon missionary) ⓘ
linked to: Aaron

Ammon ⓘ
Himni ⓘ
Omner ⓘ
timeframe approximately first century BC (Book of Mormon chronology) ⓘ
viewedAs example of covenant faithfulness in Latter-day Saint teachings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lamanites → associatedWithFigure → Anti-Nephi-Lehies ⓘ
Ammon (missionary to Lamanites) → helpedForm → people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi ⓘ
linked to: Anti-Nephi-Lehies