Alma 22
The king over all the Lamanites was thirsting for a knowledge of God so that he offered to give up his kingdom if necessary to have a hope of salvation. When Aaron declared that he need only pray to the Lord and ask for forgiveness he did so immediately, showing complete humility. To God, in prayer, he offered to give up his sins in order to come to a personal knowledge of Him. For the first time I have a new vision of the land where the Nephites lived. There were two narrow necks, one in the land of Bountiful north of Zerahemla and another bordering Desolation, further north. Zerahemla was in the wider area south of Bountiful whichis why they were nearly surrounded by Lamanites. The Nephites preserved the land north of Bountiful in case they ever had to flee.