As a propagandist, Korihor, for a short time, was a success. We first hear of him preaching his satanic doctrines in the Land of Zarahemla, and as he claimed to believe all he taught, the law could not touch him, as full religious liberty was guaranteed under the constitution and laws of the Nephite Commonwealth. From Zarahemla he went to the Land of Jershon to inoculate the Ammonites with his soul-destroying vagaries. But they were a wiser and more zealous people for the Gospel than were many of the Nephites. They took him, bound him, and carried him before Ammon (Son of King Mosiah), their High Priest. He directed that Korihor should be removed beyond the borders of their land, which command having been obeyed, we next find the unabashed imposter laboring among the people of the Land of Gideon. There he also met with rebuffs. He was arrested by the people and taken before the chief officers in that land. They found that they could do nothing with him that would be satisfactory, so they remanded him into the custody of the proper officers, with instructions to carry him before Alma and Nephihah, in Zarahemla.
When brought before these worthies—the highest dignitaries of the Church and the State—Korihor continued in his course of loud-mouthed blasphemy, defiant assumption, and willful falsehood.