Helaman and the armies in his quarter of the land aren’t
receiving help from the government despite their desperate requests. They begin
to fear they will be outnumbered and destroyed, but their faith in God keeps
them afloat.
11 Yea, and it came to pass that the Lord our God did visit us with assurances that he would deliver us; yea, insomuch that he did speak peace to our souls, and did grant unto us great faith, and did cause us that we should hope for our deliverance in him.
Meanwhile, Helaman and the other leaders devise a clever
strategy to re-capture the land of Manti. They camp in the wilderness just
outside the city, and successfully entice the large Lamanite army inside to
prepare to come out and attack them. The Lamanites think they can easily squash
Helaman because his army isn’t very big. Secretly Helaman divides his army into
three parts. Gid splits to the left and hides in the wilderness with his men.
Teomner splits to the right and does the same. And Helaman stays where the
Lamanite spies initially found them in the middle. When the large Lamanite army
comes to attack, Helaman and his men turn and run deeper into the wilderness
and the Lamanites chase them, passing unaware through the middle of Gid and
Teomner and their men. After the Lamanites have passed Gid and Teomner, they
unite and take over the city Manti which only has a few Lamanite guards left
behind. Re-capture successful!
The Lamanites are still chasing Helaman and his
men in the wilderness, but Helaman is getting closer and closer to the city Zarahelma,
and the Lamanites begin to panic that they are walking into a trap, so they
stop and turn back toward their city of Manti. But it is night time now, so they
camp for the night. In the middle of the night, Helaman and his men sneak
around the Lamanites and travel all the way back to the city of Manti to join
with Gid and Teomner.
When the Lamanites make it back home, they discover it is
no longer “home” and the Nephites have outsmarted them.
All the stories we have been reading about Helaman and his
armies have been in a letter he wrote to Captain Moroni updating him on the
affairs of that part of the land. After Moroni finishes reading Helaman’s
letter, he shares the good news with the people in his part of the land and
writes a letter to the governor in Zarahemla requesting that they send more
provisions and support to Helaman. Moroni’s part of the land also needs more
support, and an important city called Nephihah is captured by the Lamanites.
Moroni is getting increasingly angry with the government for their neglect and
indifference toward their armies.
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