This should have ended the matter, but it did not; the turbulent minority, incited by Amlici, would not accept this constitutional decision. They assembled and crowned their favorite as king of the Nephites, and he at once began to prepare for war that he might force the rest of the people to accept him to be their ruler. Nor was Alma idle; he, too, made ready for the impending struggle. He gathered his people and armed them with all the weapons known to Nephite warfare. The two camps were known as Nephites and as Amlicites, and their armies, the members of which had but a short time before dwelt together as brethren, marched against each other and met near a hill called Amnihu, on the east bank of the River Sidon. There a bloody battle was fought in which Amlici's forces were badly defeated with a loss of 12,532 men, whilst the victors had to mourn the loss of 6,562 warriors slain.