Mount Antipas was the height on which a body of Lamanites gathered around 72 B.C. after refusing the Lamanite king’s order to march against the Nephites. When the king commanded Amalickiah to compel the dissenters to arms, they fled and appointed their own leader, Lehonti, resolved not to go against the Nephites (Alma 47:1-6). Lehonti’s forces assembled on the top of the mount, called Antipas, in preparation for battle (Alma 47:7).
Amalickiah, who meant instead to dethrone the king and seize the kingdom for himself, camped his army in the valley below the mount and sent a secret embassy summoning Lehonti to come down. Lehonti refused three times; on the fourth, Amalickiah climbed near to Lehonti’s camp, and Lehonti came down with his guards. Amalickiah arranged for Lehonti to surround his army by night so that Amalickiah’s men, on surrendering, would join Lehonti’s force, making Amalickiah second leader over the whole army. By Lamanite custom, the second leader became chief if the chief was killed; Amalickiah then had a servant poison Lehonti by degrees until he died, and took command himself (Alma 47:8-18).