Laying out the events of Alma 43-62 chronologically it's interesting to note that there is a 14-year time-span for all of the events involving Captain Moroni. The first seven years are surprisingly peaceful - there is a battle with Zerahemnah in the first year and Amalickiah becomes king of the Lamanites in the second year but not much happens until the eighth year. The second half of the 14 years is full of war and atrocities.
Captain Moroni was given seven years to prepare for the events of the following seven years.
- Year 18 (1)
- Zerahemnah brings the
Lamanites to attack Antionum
- With the help of Alma,
Moroni and his army defeat Zerahemnah
- Year 19 (2)
- Alma leaves and is never
heard from again
- Moroni raises the Standard
of Liberty
- Amalickiah and his followers
flee to the land of Nephi
- Amalickiah becomes king of
the Lamanites
- Lamanites fail to conquer
cities of Ammonihah and Noah
- Year 20 (3)
- Four years of peace begins
- City of Moroni is founded in
the southeast and the city of Lehi in the north
- Year 21 (4)
- Nephites become rich and
prosper in the land
- Year 23 (6)
- Year 24 (7)
- Morianton rebels in the
north and is killed by Teancum
- Pahoran becomes chief judge
- Year 25 (8)
- Moroni ends king-men
rebellion
- Amalickiah and Lamanites
attack the land of Moroni
- Lamanites take cities of
Nephihah, Lehi, Morianton, Omnger, Gid, and Mulek all in the east
- Teancum kills Amalickiah on
new year's eve (a very hot day)
- Year 26 (9)
- Amalickiah's brother Ammoron
becomes king of the Lamanites
- Teancum fortifies Bountiful
in the north
- Lamanites take cities of
Manti, Zeezrom, Cumeni, and Antiparah
- Helaman leads the 2000
Ammonite warriors
- Year 27 (10)
- Moroni moves north towards
Bountiful, leaving Teancum in east
- Helaman and Antipus achieve
great victory in southwest
- Near the end of the year
Moroni arrives at Bountiful
- Year 28 (11)
- Moroni, Lehi, and Teancum
take back Mulek by strategem
- Lamanite prisoners fortify
Bountiful
- Ammoron tries to make a
prisoner exchange with Helaman
- Helaman takes city of
Antiparah
- Year 29 (12)
- Ammoron tries to make a
prisoner exchange with Moroni
- Moroni frees prisoners in
the city of Gid in the east
- Helaman and Antipus lay
seige to the city of Cumeni and take it back
- Lamanites attack Helaman and
Antipus but are driven back to the city of Manti
- Helaman and Antipus take the
city of Manti without any loss
- Lamanites are driven out of
southwest quarter
- Year 30 (13)
- Moroni asks for assistance
from the government and threatens to attack them
- Moroni and Pahoran attack
Zarahemla and take down rebels
- Year 31 (14)
- Moroni sends reinforcements
to both fronts
- Moroni and Pahoran take back
city of Nephihah and then move north towards city of Lehi
- They keep moving until
meeting with Teancum and Lehi
- Moroni, Pahoran, Teancum,
and Lehi lay siege to Ammoron in the city of Moroni in south east
- Teancum kills Ammoron and is
himself killed
- Lamanites are defeated,
Moroni and Helaman retire
Collin you have just flipping blown my mind!!! This is so AWESOME, I don't think I can say how much. Definitely an answer to some prayers. Saturday and yesterday I was studying Alma 50-51 and the battle between Teancum and Amalickiah. Yesterday morning I read this post (http://blog.77truths.com/?p=1084), and found it astounding as well, as he shared that the start of the "New Year" for Hebrews was March 9, which was also the date of the New Moon and the Solar Eclipse for us this year. (Which caused me to wonder if the Nephites held to this same calendar in any measure.) This is also a Jubilee year (or something - I'm no expert!), so reading Alma 50-51, realizing the death of Amalickiah was quite possibly on a Shemitah year makes this all the more fascinating. I am not well versed on it, but I am curious to examine if perhaps the death of Amalickiah might be at the eve of the Jubilee year, as well as the death of Ammoron as well? Hugh Nibley pointed out that Teancum killing Amalickiah on the eve of the new year was perceived as a huge, huge blow to the Lamanites, as they were very superstitious and the death of the kind on New Year's Eve would have been perceived as a very bad omen. That may have been coincidence that it happened this way, or a major miracle, but it definitely swayed the course of things, eh? I was wondering as I read yesterday why the years were so important, even writing numerals in the margins of my book to help sort it out. Wow - thanks so much for sharing this!
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