Through the teachings of Alma and Amulek (and most likely the other missionaries), there are many converts to the church. They end up getting kicked out by the still wicked Zoramites and get to live with the people of Ammon in Jershon, lucky ducks.
The missionaries preached and left without a huge rush of people to be baptized, but it did cause the rich people to get a little upset because everything that was taught tore down their crafts and church practices (v1-3). The leaders all gathered and privately learned the desires of everyone and what they thought about the preaching without proclaiming what they had planned to everyone (v4-5). The majority ended up kicking out those people who believed the missionaries and they followed the missionaries who had gone to Jershon, and the people there who were once Lamanites, welcomed them and ministered unto them (v6-7).
The Zoramites get all but hurt that the people they cast out are being taken care of instead of punished for believing the word of God, so they tell the people of Ammon to cast everyone that came in search of help (v8). Of course the righteous people of Ammon continued to take care of them which causes the Zoramites to want war, so they mingle with the Lamanites and convince them to want war with the Nephites (v9-11). In year 18, the Nephite army moves into Jershon as the people of Ammon move to Melek which introduce the start of another war and from now on there will be great battles between the Lamanites and Nephites, with strategies, war councils, tricks, fights, and many heroics (v12-13). Be excited :)
The converted Zoramites joins the army of the Nephites to fight for their freedom, while the missionaries return to Zarahemla (v14). Alma is sad that there have started some wars and contentions within his people and against the Lamanites because people are waxing hard in their hearts (v15). In the next chapters we are going to hear the words of Alma that he addresses to his sons. They are, in a way, a parting responsibility because his records are about to end and his sons are needing to take more upon themselves to lead the people in righteousness (v16).
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