The wife of king Lamoni and queen of the Lamanites. After Lamoni fell into a deathlike trance for two days and two nights, having been taught by Ammon, his servants prepared to bury him, but the queen sent for Ammon to come see her husband. She told him that some said the king was dead and stinking and should be entombed, but that to her he did not stink (Alma 19:5). Ammon told her the king was not dead but slept in God and would rise the next day, and that she should not bury him (Alma 19:8). When Ammon asked whether she believed this, she said she had no witness but his word and the word of her servants, yet believed it would be as he said. Ammon told her there had not been such great faith among all the Nephites (Alma 19:10).
She watched over Lamoni until he rose the next day. On rising, the king testified that he had seen his Redeemer, then sank down again with joy, and the queen also sank down, overpowered by the Spirit, as did Ammon and the king’s servants. While the servants lay on the ground, Abish, a Lamanite woman converted years earlier, ran from house to house to gather a crowd, hoping the scene would lead the people to believe. When Abish took the queen by the hand, the queen rose, cried with a loud voice “O blessed Jesus, who has saved me from an awful hell,” and asked God to have mercy on the people (Alma 19:29). She then took the king by the hand, and he arose (Alma 19:30). The king rebuked the contending crowd and taught them what he had heard from Ammon; Ammon and the servants also taught the people, declaring that their hearts had been changed and they had no more desire to do evil (Alma 19:33). Many believed and were baptized, a church was established among them, and the work of the Lord began among the Lamanites (Alma 19:35-36).