Even though the event is written to highlight parallels to the destruction in 3 Nephi, it is a different event. What occurs now is more similar to the story of the Lamanitish woman Abish (Alma 19:16). Similar to that event, there is “a Nephite by birth” who understands this event as symbolism understandable in the Nephite religion. He therefore convinces the Lamanites to look upon Nephi and Lehi, and to understand that a miracle had taken place, a miracle that should be understood in connection with the Nephite religion.