- Amalickiah arrives in the land of Nephi with his followers, where he persuades the Lamanite king to go to war against the Nephites.
- When the Lamanites hear about the call to war, most of them are afraid to fight, and don’t want to join the military.
- The Lamaniteswho are unwilling to fight know that the militants are coming coming after them, so they choose a leader and gather on Mount Antipas, in a place called Onidah.
- The king charges Amalickiah with the task of compelling those reluctant to fight to go to war.
- This is part of Amalickiah’s devious plan to dethrone the Lamanite King.
- Amalickiah takes the Lamanites who are loyal to the king to the valley at the foot of mount Antipas, near Onidah, where the Lamanites who are reluctant to fight are gathered
- Instead of attacking the peaceful Lamanites, Amalickiah chooses to trick them into joining him.
- At night, Amalickiah sends a messenger to the leader of the peaceful Lamanites, Lehonti, requesting a word with him.
- When Lehonti refuses to come down, Amalickiah makes several more attempts, but Lehonti refuses to come down each time.
- Amalickiah goes up mount Antipas himself, approaches Lehonti’s camp, and requests that Lehonti to come down with an armed escort.
- Amalickiah conspires with Lehonti, suggesting that Lehonti’s troops come down and surround Amalickiah’s troops causing them to surrender; Amalickiah would then become second in command.
- The plan goes into effect; in the morning Amalickiah’s men wake up to find themselves surrounded by Lehonti’s men.
- Amalickiah’s men beg Amalickiah to allow them to surrender peacefully.
- Amalickiah lets his men surrender to Lehonti’s; his conspiracy to rise in power is succeeding.
- With the two armies merged and Amalickiah second in command, Amalickiah has his servant poison Lehonti bit by bit; Lehonti dies.
- With Lehonti dead, Amalickiah becomes the leader of the merged armies.