With due regard for the courtesies due one of royal station, Ammon paid obeisance to his regal captor. He recounted, after praising God for the privilege of speaking, his own birth and how he had come from Zarahemla to bring succor if it were needed, and thereby learn of the circumstances surrounding the condition of their brethren whom Zeniff had "brought up out of the land." The mistake King Limhi had made, was now corrected, and an explanation of it was quickly realized by Ammon.