What well-known pattern can be seen in Amalickiah’s efforts to stir up the hearts of some people against others?

Thomas R. Valletta

“Amalickiah’s life followed the pattern one would expect of Satan were he given a mortal probation. Like Lucifer, Amalickiah rebelled against the gospel plan in his thirst for glory and power, and he led others away from the truth. … It was Amalickiah’s intent, as it was Lucifer’s, to destroy the liberty of men (Alma 46:10; cf. Moses 4:3). They both sought to make war against the righteous (Alma 48:3; cf. D&C 76:29–30), and in the end both rewarded their followers with sorrow, misery, and suffering (cf. 2 Ne. 2:27; Alma 30:60). The life of Amalickiah exposes the pattern followed by many who are the enemies of Christ” (Largey, Book of Mormon Reference Companion, 46).

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