Who were these “more hardened” people?

Thomas R. Valletta

“That is they had fallen into the hands of the Amalekites and the Amulonites (see Alma 21:1–4). We know that Amulon was one of the wicked priests of Noah (Mosiah 23:32). The present text is silent as to the identity of Amaleki” (McConkie and Millet, Doctrinal Commentary, 3:149–50).

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