Lamoni is taught by Ammon. After he is taught, he cries to God saying, "O Lord, have mercy on me the same way that you have had mercy on the people of Nephi, have mercy on me and my people!" Then, in a very surprising and probably awkward moment, he falls over as if he's dead and stays that way for two days and two nights!
Queen Lamoni (I am gonna call her that since Mormon totally failed to name her! Grr. Or maybe it's not his fault, but previous historians. Why!?) goes to Ammon after two days and two nights and begs him to go to her husband. She does not believe he's dead. She has heard that Ammon is a prophet. She has some small amount of faith at least that Ammon will be able to help him.
Ammon knows that Lamoni was having the "veil of unbelief" cast away from his mind. He's super happy that Queen Lamoni asked him to see him.
Why did the shedding of the veil of unbelief require such a physical reaction for Lamoni?
Answer:
I have no idea, but it seems to be a pattern elsewhere in the scriptures. Maybe it has something to do with the cultural circumstances in which one is raised? Or maybe it's simply that God really needed Lamoni to be converted, so he influenced him in a particularly strong way? I don't know. Would very much like to find out more about how this works.
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