>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/alma/28?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#0d51c::c0d51c) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>Mormon, as the abridger, narrates this summary of wars and their aftermath in the land of Zarahemla to latter-day readers, following the conversion and relocation of the Anti-Nephi-Lehies around 77-76 B.C. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>Many people fought in a big war and lots died, making everyone very sad, but they were also happy because God helped the good people win and be safe. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>Following intense battles between the Lamanites and Nephites, thousands are slain on both sides, leading to widespread mourning among the people for the dead while also rejoicing in the deliverance of the righteous through God's mercy [[Alma 28#1|v1-3 — immense slaughter and mixed emotions of sorrow and joy]][[Alma 28#2|]][[Alma 28#3|]]. The chapter reflects on the inequality of death and the hope of resurrection, emphasizing that the plan of restoration brings justice and happiness to the righteous but destruction to the wicked [[Alma 28#11|v11-14 — teachings on death, restoration, and divine plan]][[Alma 28#12|]][[Alma 28#13|]][[Alma 28#14|]]. It transitions to the missionary account of Alma and the sons of Mosiah, highlighting their faithful labors amid affliction. > >#Gospel/Mourning #Gospel/Deliverance #Gospel/Resurrection ###### 1 1 And now it came to pass that after the people of Ammon were established in the land of Jershon, and a church also established in the land of Jershon, and the armies of the Nephites were set round about the land of Jershon, yea, in all the borders round about the land of Zarahemla; behold the armies of the Lamanites had followed their brethren into the wilderness. ###### 2 2 And thus there was a tremendous battle; yea, even such an one as never had been known among all the people in the land from the time Lehi left Jerusalem; yea, and tens of thousands of the Lamanites were slain and scattered abroad. ###### 3 3 Yea, and also there was a tremendous slaughter among the people of Nephi; nevertheless, the Lamanites were driven and scattered, and the people of Nephi returned again to their land. ###### 4 4 And now this was a time that there was a great mourning and lamentation heard throughout all the land, among all the people of Nephi-- ###### 5 5 Yea, the cry of widows mourning for their husbands, and also of fathers mourning for their sons, and the daughter for the brother, yea, the brother for the father; and thus the cry of mourning was heard among all of them, mourning for their kindred who had been slain. ###### 6 6 And now surely this was a sorrowful day; yea, a time of solemnity, and a time of much fasting and prayer. ###### 7 7 And thus endeth the fifteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi; ###### 8 8 And this is the account of Ammon and his brethren, their journeyings in the land of Nephi, their sufferings in the land, their sorrows, and their afflictions, and their incomprehensible joy, and the reception and safety of the brethren in the land of Jershon. And now may the Lord, the Redeemer of all men, bless their souls forever. ###### 9 9 And this is the account of the wars and contentions among the Nephites, and also the wars between the Nephites and the Lamanites; and the fifteenth year of the reign of the judges is ended. ###### 10 10 And from the first year to the fifteenth has brought to pass the destruction of many thousand lives; yea, it has brought to pass an awful scene of bloodshed. ###### 11 11 And the bodies of many thousands are laid low in the earth, while the bodies of many thousands are moldering in heaps upon the face of the earth; yea, and many thousands are mourning for the loss of their kindred, because they have reason to fear, according to the promises of the Lord, that they are consigned to a state of endless wo. ###### 12 12 While many thousands of others truly mourn for the loss of their kindred, yet they rejoice and exult in the hope, and even know, according to the promises of the Lord, that they are raised to dwell at the right hand of God, in a state of never-ending happiness. ###### 13 13 And thus we see how great the inequality of man is because of sin and transgression, and the power of the devil, which comes by the cunning plans which he hath devised to ensnare the hearts of men. ###### 14 14 And thus we see the great call of diligence of men to labor in the vineyards of the Lord; and thus we see the great reason of sorrow, and also of rejoicing--sorrow because of death and destruction among men, and joy because of the light of Christ unto life.