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