Knowing that one of the possible reactions to Amalickiah’s death would be a retaliation, Teancum prepares his army. Mormon stops the story short of the conclusion of the story, perhaps to emphasize the importance of the timing of what happened. Verse 37 ends a chapter in the 1830 edition, which ends auspiciously in the twenty-fifth year. Not only the ending of the twenty-fifth year, but on the very last day of that year. The next chapter not only begins in the twenty-sixth year, but on the first day of the year.