“Withdraw From The Siege”

Brant Gardner

As the difficulty of maintaining the siege becomes apparent to the army, Zemnarihah agrees to abandon it, but marches his army northward. The strategy here is apparently to seize control of a more northward location, isolating the Nephites between the Gadianton holdings in the south and this new Gadianton location on the north. Although it was a longer-term plan, it would continue the military pressure on the land of Zarahemla.

Second Witness: Analytical & Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 5

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