Why was Ammon not present?

Thomas R. Valletta

“He was keeping the commandment of the king. … The king’s son understood the value of total service. He knew that the glory of his previous actions was the Lord’s, but he also knew that he could be a faithful and worthy servant himself by filling all the commandments of the king. So when the servants told the king that Ammon was preparing his horses and his chariots, he was more astonished because of the faithfulness of Ammon, and he said, ‘Surely there has not been any servant among all my servants that has been so faithful as this man; for even he doth remember all my commandments to execute them.’ (Alma 18:10.)” (Featherstone, “King’s Son,” 37–38).

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