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Book of Mormon Commentary Alma Chapter 20 LAMANITES AND NEPHITES PREPARE FOR WAR, VER. 1-24 Alma 20:5 And it came to pass that the Lamanites came with their thousands; and they came into the land of Antionum, which was the land of the Zoramites; and a man by the name of Zerahemnah was their leader. Historians must record the sad and evil of the nations as well as their victories and good deeds. In the eighteenth year of the reign of Nephite judges, word came that the Zoramites had joined the Lamanites and they were preparing for war. The Nephites prepared to meet them in the land of Jershon. The enemy gathered in Antionum nearby. The Amalekites, who were Nephite dissenters, had already joined the Lamanites and had a great hatred toward the Nephites. Therefore, Zerahemnah selected his captains from the ranks of the Amalekites (6,7). Alma 20:15 And thus the Nephites were compelled, alone, to withstand against the Lamanites, who were a compound of Laman and Lemuel, and the sons of Ishmael, and all those who had dissented from the Nephites, who were Amalekites, and Zoramites, and the descendants of the priests of Noah. The people of Ammon supported them with "a large portion of their substance” (14), but had made a covenant never again to take up arms. Arrayed against the Nephites were "a compound of Laman and Lemuel, and the sons of Ishmael, and all those who had dissented from the Nephites, who were Amalekites, and Zoramites, and the descendants of the priests of Noah" (15). There were more than twice as many of them compared to the Nephite armies (57). The chief captain of the Nephites was a twenty-five-year-old man named Moroni ( 18) .He met the Lamanite army in the borders of Jershon. He had prepared his army with shields for their heads, arms, and breasts, and with thick clothing as well as "all manner of weapons of war" (20,21). The Lamanites had no shields or armor and "were exceeding afraid of the armies of the Nephites" (24). MORONI USED STRATAGEM AGAINST LAMANITES, VER. 25-60 Alma 20:25 Behold, now it came to pass, that they durst not come against the Nephites in the borders of Jershon; therefore they departed out of the land of Antionum, into the wilderness, and took their journey round about in the wilderness, away by the head of the river Sidon, that they might come into the land of Manti, and take possession of the land; for they did not suppose that the armies of Moroni would know whither they had gone. The Lamanites retreated to the wilderness and went round about the head of the river Sidon to the land of Manti. Moroni sent spies to watch them and messengers to Alma asking him to inquire of the Lord if it were right for them to defend themselves (26). The answer was that the Lamanites were planning to take possession of Manti. Moroni left a part of his army in Jershon, and the rest he took to Manti. There he organized the people to defend their country, their rights and liberties (30). Then he secreted his army in the valley near the west bank of the river Sidon.
Book of Mormon Commentary Alma Chapter 20 Alma 20:33 And now as Moroni knew the intention of the Lamanites, that it was their intention to destroy their brethren, or to subject them and bring them into bondage, that they might establish a kingdom unto themselves, over all the land; While the Lamanites wanted to hold in bondage the people of Manti, the Nephites' desire was only to preserve their lands, liberty, and church. Moroni “thought it no sin that he should defend them by stratagem" (34). He concealed part of his army in the valley on the east and south of the hill Riplah, and the remainder he had in the valley west of Sidon near the borders of Manti (35). By thus deploying his troops, Moroni soon had the Lamanite army encircled and trapped. A great slaughter occurred among the Lamanites while "now and then a man fell among the Nephites" (40). The Lamanites fled toward Sidon, and were pursued by Captain Lehi into the water. Moroni's army met them on the other side and continued the carnage. Again, the Lamanites retreated and fled toward Manti but were met by another of Moroni's armies. Here "they did fight like dragons” (49), The slaughter was great on both sides, but the motivation of hate could not match that of the love of home and liberty. 20:52 The Lord has said that you shall defend your families, even to bloodshed.- For a time the fierceness of the Lamanite counterattack caused the army of Moroni to waver. Perceiving their minds, Moroni sent forth a message of encouragement re- minding them that they were defending themselves "their lands, their liberty, yea, their freedom from bondage" (54). They called on God for their freedom, and soon the battle was won. While the Nephites were greatly outnumbered, the Lamanites were again encircled and "struck with terror” (59). There are some things worse than death. Self-defense is an essential law of all nature. Jesus told Pilate, "If my kingdom were of this world, then: would my servants fight, that I would not be delivered to the Jews" (John 18:36). High Priest Alma called on God when he had to kill or be killed, "and he was strengthened insomuch that he slew Amlici."
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