Limhi was filled with joy as he heard Ammon discourse on the gift God had endowed King Mosiah with. His great hope regarding these twenty-four gold plates would now be fulfilled. For a moment, he forgot all plans to escape the bondage his people were in. With great reason he proclaimed the majesty of God, and thanked the Giver of all good for his mercy and kindness to his children. He was persuaded that a great mystery was contained in these plates, and from it, his own people would learn many lessons. It was but natural that Limhi, abounding in the new faith and hope Ammon's visit had inspired, interposed his heartfelt conclusion, "these interpreters were doubtless prepared for the purpose of unfolding all such mysteries to the children of men."
O how marvelous are the works of the Lord. King Limhi remembered the wickedness of his people under the profligate rule of his father, Noah. He began to realize that the Lord, not because of their waywardness but in spite of it, prepared ways for their preservation from folly and weakness the consequences of which they had brought upon themselves.
He took a retrospect of all his past life, and likened it unto the lives of his people. They had not sought for wisdom. Limhi remembered the words of Solomon, "I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy." (Prov. 30:3) Yet, in the future, we imagine he resolved that like unto Joshua he would serve God and keep His commandments.
Wisdom, implies, spiritual insight. His people had refused to be guided by its holy promptings.