A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Amaleki (II)
AMALEKI. A descendant of Zarahemla, and one of the brothers of Ammon, the leader of the company of sixteen picked men who, by king Mosiah's permission, visited the land of Lehi-Nephi (B. C. 122) to discover what had become of the company of Nephite colonists who had returned there, under the leadership of Zeniff, during the reign of the first Mosiah, as near as can be told some 75 or 80 years previously. Amaleki, with two other brothers of Ammon (Helem and Hem), was chosen by Ammon, when they approached the city of Lehi-Nephi, to go with him in advance of the rest of the company and find out how matters stood in that region. They were captured by the guards of King Limhi and cast into prison, but were liberated two days afterwards when it was found that they were Nephites.