“Fatigue Which Was Caused by the Labors and Heat of the Day”

Alan C. Miner

According to John Sorenson, it is interesting to note that Teancum slew Amalickiah on the Nephite/Lamanite new year's eve, the night before "the first morning of the first month" (Alma 52:1). Amalickiah was sleeping deeply from fatigue "caused by the labors and heat of the day" (Alma 51:33). In the culture of Joseph Smith's New England, of course, New Year's Eve would have been icy. [John L. Sorenson, "The Nephite Calendar," in Reexploring the Book of Mormon, pp. 173-174] [See the commentary on Alma 52:1]

Step by Step Through the Book of Mormon: A Cultural Commentary

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