Tag: Alma

Alma 57 Apparently Ammoron tried to trade Helaman a weakened city (because Helaman had defeated the army stationed in that city) for the return of his Lamanite prisoners. When that failed (Helaman gained the city without exchange and based on the speed of events it is possible that Ammoron was in that city before it…

Alma 56 It appears that Moroni spent much of the almost two years when Teancum was conducting the war independently on the eastern front in transit. Perhaps he was fortifying cities and gathering men as he moves from the southwest to the northeast. I come to that conclusion because Teancum was alone in the northeast…

Alma 54 – 55 I can totally see how Moroni would refuse to deal with a man who was pretending to right 500 year-old wrongs which had never taken place to begin with. When Ammoron overplayed his hand he ended up losing more men, his prisoners, and the city of Gid and all without being…

Alma 53 I’ve never made much mention of the fact that their strongest fortification was built by the Lamanites and used by the Nephites to guard their Lamanite prisoners. That is one reason that the tactics that Moroni and Helaman used to free Nephite prisoners would not have worked for Ammoron even if he had…

Alma 52 I have been more conscious of the fact that war moved slower for the Nephites than it often does today. Where we can land troops anywhere in the world within 24 hours and can give commands anywhere in the world instantly they could take days or weeks to move troops from the land…

Alma 51 I never realized before that the name of king-men did not appear until years after the title of liberty was posted throughout the land by Moroni. When the king-men sent in petitions they were denied but when Moroni sent a petition seeking authority to compel the king-men to support liberty his petition was…

Alma 50 Moroni immediately began improving his defenses and expanding the number of sites that were fortified. He would not be caught unprepared now that there was likely to be less predictability in where the Lamanites might attack. He could be certain that they would try to attack cities that they previously would not have…

Alma 49 One of the things Amalakiah did after he became king of the Lamanites to persuade them to fight the Nephites was to promise to give them armor like the Nephites had. Little could he imagine all the protections and defenses that Moroni was working on. While the Lamanites could not imagine the fortifications…

Alma 48 I wonder if the people were aware that Amalakiah had appointed the men who were speaking against the Nephites or if the Lamanites thought it was an organic movement. After all, there must have been many Lamanites from the men of Lehonti who believed that Amalakiah was actually on their side with regards…

Alma 47 The king of the Lamanites gave Amalakiah command of the loyal part of his army because he trusted that Amalakiah would not defect to the other side seeing as he had persuaded the king to fight the Nephites in the first place. The king was right about that but was ignorant that Amalakiah…