This is the account of Lamoni and his peoples' reaction to learning about the Gospel. In the previous chapter (Alma 18), Lamoni is filled with the spirit and falls to the earth as if he were dead.
Lamoni's wife brings Ammon to see if he was dead, and he explained that he wasn't dead, but that he "sleepeth in God". In other words, he was being worked on by the spirit to become a changed man.
"Ammon...knew that king Lamoni was under the power of God; he knew that the dark veil of unbelief was being cast away from his mind, and the light which did light up his mind, which was the light of the glory of God, which was a marvelous light of his goodness—yea, this light had infused such joy into his soul, the cloud of darkness having been dispelled, and that the light of everlasting life was lit up in his soul, yea, he knew that this had overcome his natural frame, and he was carried away in God—" (Alma 19:6)
When Lamoni woke up, he immediately said to his wife:
"12 ...Blessed be the name of God, and blessed art thou.
13 For as sure as thou livest, behold, I have seen my Redeemer; and he shall come forth, and be born of a woman, and he shall redeem all mankind who believe on his name." (Alma 19:12-13)
And he was overcome by the spirit again, and sunk down, and his wife, the queen, felt the power of those words, so much so that she also was overpowered by the spirit and sunk down too. This had almost like a domino effect. Ammon was next, then all the servants of the king, except Abish, a woman who had already had a knowledge of the gospel.
The first to wake up again was the queen. When she woke up, she immediately said "O blessed Jesus, who has saved me from an awful hell! O blessed God, have mercy on this people!"
Then she woke up Lamoni, and he immediately began to "teach [the people] the words which he had heard from the mouth of Ammon; and as many as heard his words believed, and were converted unto the Lord.
33 And it came to pass that when Ammon arose he also administered unto them, and also did all the servants of Lamoni; and they did all declare unto the people the selfsame thing—that their hearts had been changed; that they had no more desire to do evil.
34 And behold, many did declare unto the people that they had seen angels and had conversed with them; and thus they had told them things of God, and of his righteousness."
I think it's pretty interesting that every time someone was clearly under the influence of the spirit, as soon as they could, they basically shared their testimonies. They would minister to those around them, and they would praise God. I think this is really the reaction that I have when I feel overcome by the spirit. I've never "sunk down" under the influence of the spirit, but I have had many spiritual experiences in my life.
And I love the reaction: that they had no more desire to do evil. I have experienced that same feeling. Unfortunately, temptation still comes, and I fall, but I know what it's like to not WANT to sin, and to have a moment when sin isn't even a temptation.
"...and we see that his arm is extended to all people who will repent and believe on his name." (Alma 19:36)
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