፬ እነሆም፣ እንዲህ ሆነ ሀዞራማውያን ላማናውያን ሆኑ፤ ስለዚህ፣ በአስራ ስምንተኛው ዓመት መጀመሪያ ላይ የኔፋውያን ሕዝቦች ላማናውያን በእነርሱ ላይ ሲመጡ ተመለከቱ፤ ስለዚህ ለጦርነት ተዘጋጁ፤ አዎን፣ ወታደሮቻቸውንም በኢየርሾን ምድር በአንድ ላይ ሰበሰቡ።
4 For behold, it came to pass that the Zoramites became Lamanites; therefore, in the commencement of the eighteenth year, the people of the Nephites saw that the Lamanites were coming upon them; therefore they made preparations for war; yea, they gathered together their armies in the land of Jershon.