THE DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
SECTION 116
Revelation given to Joseph Smith the Prophet, near Wight’s Ferry, at a place called Spring Hill, Daviess County, Missouri, May 19, 1838. HC 3: 35.
1 SPRING Hill is named by the Lord Adam-ondi-Ahman, [ It means the place where Adam dwelt. “Ahman” signifies God. The whole term means Valley of God, where Adam dwelt. It is in the original language spoken by Adam, as revealed to the Prophet Joseph. (Discourse by Elder Orson Pratt, delivered in the Eighteenth Ward Meetinghouse, Salt Lake City, Sunday Afternoon, Feb. 25, 1877. "Three years previous to the death of Adam, he called Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared,Enoch and Methuselah, who were High Priests,with the residue of his posterity, who wererighteous, into the valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman, and there bestowed upon them his last blessing.And the Lord appeared unto them, and they rose up and blessed Adam, and called him Michael, the Prince, the Archangel(Arch means chief). And theLord administered comfort unto Adam, and saidunto him, I have set thee to be at the head: a multitude of nations shall come of thee, and thou arta Prince over them forever." Teachings Of The Prophet Joseph Smith pg 38-39 D&C 107:53-57 Adam-ondi-Ahman was NOT the garden of Eden according to Joseph Smith who said the center place of the Garden of Eden was in independence MO, or Jackson County so when Adam and Eve were driven out of the garden they must have ended up around 80 miles north of there at Adam-ondi-ahman. ] because, said he, it is the place where Adam shall come to visit his people, or the Ancient of Days shall sit, as spoken of by Daniel the prophet. [ Dan. 7:9–10, 13–14; ]