However, all the people did not, in their hearts, consent to Abinadi's death. One among them, especially, whose name was Alma "believed the words Abinadi had spoken." He knew that the grave charges that the prophet made were true. Alma was a young man, one of Noah's priests, and when the clamor was highest for Abinadi's death, he went to King Noah and pleaded in Abinadi's behalf. This so angered Noah that he had Alma cast out of his presence, and then sent his servants after the young priest to slay him also.