It seems incredible that the people would believe that the servants of the king would kill him and yet, the only person who seems to have questioned that claim was the queen and she had no way to know that the answer she got was the testimony of the murderers.
Aside from that widespread lack of skepticism, Amalikiah did a very good job of consolidation power to himself. He was the leader of the armies and became husband to the queen. That combination would be hard to compete with even though he was a Nephite by birth.
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