Zeezrom is Healed

The Lord commanded Alma and Amulek to leave the city, so they went to the land of Sidom. There they found all the people who had been driven out of Ammonihah for believing Alma’s testimony. With great sorrow, Alma told them what had happened to their wives and children. He also told them of his and Amulek’s captivity, and of their powerful deliverance.

At that time, Zeezrom lay sick in Sidom with a burning fever, caused by the great tribulations of his mind because of his wickedness. He thought Alma and Amulek had been killed because of his sins. This great sin and many others tortured his mind until it had become very sore, burning without relief. When Zeezrom heard that Alma and Amulek were in Sidom, his heart began to take courage. He immediately sent a message to them, asking them to come. Alma and Amulek quickly went to his house, and to his bedside. When Zeezrom saw them, he held out his hand and begged for them to heal him.

Alma took his hand and said, “Do you believe in the power of Christ to save?”

“Yes, I believe all the words that you have taught,” answered Zeezrom. Alma said, “If you believe in the redemption of Christ, then you can be healed.” “Yes, I believe according to your words,” replied Zeezrom. Then Alma cried to the Lord, “Oh Lord our God, have mercy on this man and heal him according to his faith in Christ.”

Then to the great astonishment of all the people, Zeezrom leaped to his feet and began to walk. The news of this miraculous healing spread throughout the land of Sidom.

Then Alma baptized Zeezrom unto the Lord, and from then on Zeezrom preached to the people. Alma established a church in the land of Sidom and consecrated priests and teachers to baptize unto the Lord anyone who desired baptism. Many people came from all around the region of Sidom to be baptized. But the people of Ammonihah remained very stubborn. They did not repent of their sins, and they credited all the power of Alma and Amulek to the power of the devil (for they were of the profession of Nehor, and did not believe in repentance).

Amulek had given up all his gold, silver, and precious things in Ammonihah for the word of God. He had been rejected by those who were once his friends, and by his father and relatives. Alma established the church in Sidom, and the people began to humble themselves before God, assembling to worship Him before the altar. They watched and prayed continually to be delivered from Satan, death, and destruction. After doing and seeing all these things, Alma took Amulek to his home in Zarahemla, took care of him during his tribulations, and strengthened him in the Lord. This is how the year 82 BC ended.