Samuel the Lamanite
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In the Book of Mormon, Samuel the Lamanite (BoM Arabic صموئيل اللاماني Ṣamūīl al-Lāmānī) is a Lamanite and also a prophet of God. He prophesies the birth of Jesus as the Messiah. He is notable as the only significant Lamanite prophet although some Lamanite converts had miraculouse experiences involving prophecy. In approximately 5 BC he visited the Nephite city of Zarahemla, where the people in general rejected the Christian teachings of the prophets. He made his way onto the city wall and loudly proclaimed various signs of the birth of Jesus Christ. He prophesied that Jesus Christ would be born in less than five years. Angry listeners attempted to shoot him with arrows but he was miraculously protected. When Nephite enforcers began to climb the wall after him, he jumped down from the wall outside the city and was never seen again in Nephite territory.