King Noah is the typical immoral and dishonest leader. He ousts all of the legitimate priests and replaces them with people who are like him. He taxes the people an unusually high amount and uses the the money to live lavishly and immorally. They have a victory over the Lamanites and consider themselves so strong they can never be defeated. So he is a corrupt leader who feeds off the people. It says he and the priests were prideful, lazy, idolatrous and committed whoredoms. Their hearts were set on their riches and there harlots and they're drunkards. A nice group of people to be leading the nation, not unlike some of our politicians today.
Enter Abinadi. He goes among the people and warns them of their wickedness saying the Lord will deliver them into the hands of their enemies and they will be placed in bondage. He tells them that after they have suffered and they begin to turn back to him, he will be slow to hear their prayers. Noah hears about Abinadi and wants Abinadi brought before him so he can kill him. It's always interesting that those who don't want to hear the truth, do everything they need to bury it.
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