Tag: Alma

Alma 58The righteous are rarely susceptible to falling by stratagem so long as they are vigilant – therefore it is to their advantage to have their adversaries adopt tactics of stratagem against them rather than a frontal assault. I don’t think that really captures my thoughts on the subject, but it’s the best I can…

Alma 57In a time of strength and ample resources Helaman and his men (more than just the 2000 striplings) boldly surrounded the city of Cumeni and starved it of supplies – there was no need to be timid in their efforts. I wonder if Helaman was employing the tactic of putting his prisoners to work.…

Alma 56 Helaman an his 2000 sons saved the army of Antipus for a year before they even had their first battle. Their mere arrival deterred the Lamanites from attacking and it was halfway through the next year before they played decoy to the Lamanite army in the city of Antiparah.

Alma 54 – 55Isn’t it ironic that Ammoron would say that the ancestors of Moroni robbend the ancestors of the Lamanites of their to govern the people – his brother Amalikiah did exactly that and he is ruling because of that deception and usurpation. Ammoron has claimed Zoram as his ancestor (rejecting Nephi) and twisted…

Alma 53I never thought about the fact that even in time of war Moroni knew when to step back and take care of his people first before fighting to regain cities and lands.

Alma 52No military leader would ever want to fight Moroni, Teancum, and Lehi at the same time. Jacob was totally out of his league.

Alma 51I can only imagine the frustration of Moroni in having to compel men to support their own freedom.

Alma 50I often get so focused on the physical defenses that Moroni initiated that I fail to give credit to the “good offense” that he employed as well by driving off the Lamanites living in the wilderness areas to the east of Zerahemla into the lands South of Zerahemla which belonged to the Lamanites and…

Alma 49I can only imagine how angry Amalikiah was when he learned that he had lost thousands of men, including all the chief captains he had sent, without obtaining any power over the Nephites – and much angrier if he learned that not a single Nephite had been slain in the attempt.

Alma 48I thought that Amalikiah had men inciting the Lamanites against the Nephites for years after he became king (I had two years in mind) but now I discover that it was all within one year that he lost the vote among the Nephites, escaped, became king of the Lamanites, and had the Lamanites marching…