Mormon’s conclusion to this section completes his picture. Moroni has been victorious, and the righteousness of the people have preserved them. They are therefore “happier” than every before. This is probably due to the combination of their prosperity and the peace that was afforded after the Lamanite defeats. What Mormon does not notice is the irony that these happy times and great peace only last for a little over four years.
Chronological: The twenty-third year of the reign of the judges correlates to approximately 71BC in the correlation used in this commentary.