According to Michael Hobby, while the conclusive language of this statement might suggest that the Mulekite problem involving the king-men was ended with the suppression of this revolt ("he put an end to . . . those people"--Alma 51:21), only eleven years later, the dissenting Mulekites (king-men) gained control of the capitol city itself (Alma 61:3,8), ousting Pahoran, the Chief Judge. . . . It must be remembered that the capitol city, Zarahemla, was almost certainly a city with a Mulekite majority. When the Lamanites invaded the country, that majority viewed them as allies, not as an invading enemy. The seizure of the capitol was simply an insurrection which betrays their conviction that the country was about to fall into the hands of the Lamanites, which would result in the restoration of kings. [Michael M. Hobby, The Mulekite Connection, pp. 42-43] [See the commentary on Alma 62:9]