One Wicked Man
The number of people slain in the war against the Amlicites was not recorded “because of the greatness of their number” (Alma 3:1), but in one battle over nineteen thousand Nephites and Amlicites were slain (see Alma 2:19). Mormon summarized that “in one year were thousands and tens of thousands of souls sent to the eternal world” (Alma 3:26). All of this happened because one man wanted to exercise unrighteous dominion. Mormon’s comment in Alma 46:9 also seems applicable in this incident.
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