Now king Limhi had sent, previous to the coming of Ammon, a small number of men to search for the land of Zarahemla…
And the king said unto him:
“Being grieved for the afflictions of my people, I caused that forty and three of my people should take a journey into the wilderness, that thereby they might find the land of Zarahemla, that we might appeal unto our brethren to deliver us out of bondage.”