E. L. Peay notes that after the war, Helaman resumed preaching the gospel throughout the land. Yet he preached for only four years before he died at a young age (approximately thirty-two to thirty-five). Moroni retired, but would die the next year (Alma 63:3). Pahoran returned to his judgment seat in the city of Zarahemla, but would die four years later (Helaman 1:2). It is possible that there occurred an epidemic within the land of Zarahemla, or maybe just the city of Zarahemla, because these ranking officials died apparently unexpectedly at about the same time. It is interesting that "fevers" had previously been mentioned "to be very frequent in the land" (Alma 46:40). Even with their knowledgeable medical ability, people still died. If three leaders died within a short time, possibly thousands of others did also. [E. L. Peay, The Lands of Zarahemla: Nephi's Land of Promise, p. 91] [See the commentary on Alma 46:40]