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Book of Mormon Commentary
Alma Chapter 25
Alma 25:47 Now behold, this was done in the night time, so that when the Lamanites awoke in the
morning, they beheld that they were surrounded by the Nephites without, and that their prisoners were
armed within.
Seeing that the Nephites had them in their power, "they found that it was not expedient that they
should fight" (48). Therefore, when the demand came for them to turn in their weapons of war,
they cast them at the feet of the Nephites, and they became prisoners of war. The liberated
prisoners gave strength to Moroni's army.
Moroni used the Lamanite prisoners to build up the fortifications of the city of Gid, and then
transferred them to the city Bountiful, which he guarded "with an exceeding strong force" (51-53).
Alma 25:55 And it came to pass that the Nephites began again to be victorious, and to reclaim their
rights and their privileges.
Many efforts were made by the Lamanites to encircle the Nephites at night, but they lost many
prisoners in the attempts. Then they sought to snare the Nephites to drink their wine and get them
drunk or poison them. However, the Nephites would not drink, except the Lamanite prisoners first
drank of it and received no harm. Moroni next turned his attention to the strongly fortified city
Morianton, where the Lamanites were continually bringing more forces and provisions (62).