Back a couple of chapters when Moroni tried to negotiate a
prisoner exchange that include the captured family of a soldier, I assumed
these civilians had been captured from their homes. In reading this chapter, I’m not so
sure. In Helaman’s letter to Moroni he
explains that Zarahemla sent 2000 soldiers to be added to Antipus’ force, and
that they brought provisions with them for the soldiers, “their wives and their
children” (v. 28). This would indicate
that these Nephite families accompanied their fighting men. What an interesting concept to have civilians
so close to the battle! In our armies,
when a soldier is stationed at a particular base, his or her family can be
housed on that base. It appears the
Nephites may have used a similar system.
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