On learning that a great number of their brethren had been slain, that Noah and his priests had led the people into committing so many sins, and also of the death of Abinadi, Ammon and his brethren were filled with sorrow, for they knew the many afflictions the people of King Limhi had endured.
They related to Ammon the story of Alma and the people who departed into the wilderness with him. They told him how Alma, being wrought upon by the "strength and power of God," and through "faith on the words which had been spoken by Abinadi," organized a Church of Christ at a place called Mormon, and also how King Noah had accused Alma of rebellion against him, and how the king's armies had sought to destroy him and his followers. They explained to their visitors from Zarahemla how Alma escaped the evil designs of the king.
These wretched people also told Ammon and his companions that they did not know where Alma had led his people, or the fate that awaited them at the end of their journey. Ammon, learning of Alma's determination to serve the Lord, and in spite of the lack of any knowledge concerning his whereabouts or the conditions under which his people lived, he would have gladly joined with him, because he, too, had covenanted "with God to serve him and keep his commandments."