1And now it came to pass that I received an epistle from Ammoron,

2But I sent an epistle unto the king, that we were sure our forces

3And Ammoron refused mine epistle, for he would not exchange

4But the people of Antiparah did leave the city, and fled to their

5And thus ended the twenty and eighth year of the reign of the

6And it came to pass that in the commencement of the twenty and

7And it came to pass that it was our desire to wage a battle with

8And now behold, I will show unto you that we soon accomplished our

9And it came to pass that we did camp round about the city for many

10At length their provisions did arrive, and they were about to

11And notwithstanding the Lamanites being cut off from their

12And it came to pass that not many days had passed away before the

13But it came to pass that our prisoners were so numerous that,

14For behold, they would break out in great numbers, and would

15Therefore it became expedient for us, that we should put an end

16And now, in those critical circumstances, it became a very

17But it came to pass that on the morrow they did return. And now

18And it came to pass that those men whom we sent with the

19But behold, my little band of two thousand and sixty fought most

20And as the remainder of our army were about to give way before

21Yea, and they did obey and observe to perform every word of

22And now behold, it was these my sons, and those men who had been

23And we retained our city Cumeni, and were not all destroyed by

24And it came to pass that after the Lamanites had fled, I

25And it came to pass that there were two hundred, out of my two

26And now, their preservation was astonishing to our whole army,

27Now this was the faith of these of whom I have spoken; they are

28And now it came to pass that after we had thus taken care of our

29Now Gid was the chief captain over the band who was appointed to

30And now, these are the words which Gid said unto me: Behold, we

31And they cried unto us, saying—Behold, the armies of the

32And it came to pass that our prisoners did hear their cries,

33And it came to pass because of their rebellion we did cause that

34And behold, when they had fled and we could not overtake them, we

35And behold, we are again delivered out of the hands of our

36Now it came to pass that when I, Helaman, had heard these words