King Noah, the paragon of evil, greed, and promiscuity, is diametrically opposite of the nobility and valor of his namesake from the Old Testament. When a branch of the House of Israel descends to the depths of depravity displayed by King Noah’s generation in what the Lord has decreed will be a land of promise for the faithful, there is always an inexorable and predictable response from heaven: prophetic intervention. In this case, King Noah encounters Abinadi. It is an encounter that begins with a majestic call to repentance (Mosiah 11:20–25) and continues with the predictable rejection of that call, bringing a second encounter of greater forcefulness. This, in turn, leads to the martyrdom of the Lord’s anointed and, eventually, the demise of the forces of evil. This is a case study in the condition of the heart, for Noah and his people display hearts so hardened that they are impenetrable. From them we can extract a lesson for our day, i.e., the Lord commands that we bring before Him the acceptable offering of a broken heart and a contrite spirit (see Psalm 51:17; 2 Nephi 2:7; 3 Nephi 9:20; Mormon 2:14; Moroni 6:2; D&C 59:8).