Alma Ch50

Moroni continues to fortify the cities of the Nephites and even build new cities then as years pass, they become wicked and start losing! But we still have awesome guys like Teancum to win some major battles. Then the judgment seat is passed on as the Chief Judge dies.
Even though the Nephites were so very amazingly successful and defending themselves against the Lamanites, Moroni knew they would be back so he continues to reinforce the cities with ditches and heaps of earth protected by timbers as pickets (v1-3). He also caused towers to be built so the Nephites would see their enemies coming and be able to cast stones and such from on high which made pretty much every city a stronghold (v4-6). Moroni continues by driving out any remaining Lamanites in their lands back to their own so the Nephites could possess the land between the two nations and make strong fortifications to secure the lines between them (v7-11).
The army continued to increase in strength and power by building new cities that were equally strong and fortified including Moroni, Aaron, and Lehi, until the end of the 20th year (v12-16). Along with peace and growing, they became rich and began to multiply and grow larger in number all from being blessed by the Lord for their righteousness with prosperity, safety, and happiness (v17-24). Now we have four years pass away and all of a sudden there is contention from a misunderstanding of who owned what land with two of the newer cities (v25-26).
The people in Morianton wanted to settle it with fighting, but Lehi's people went to appeal to Moroni for help, and Captain Moroni, being the freaking awesome military leader that he is, scares the people of Morianton away without even trying (v27-28). With their fear, they planned to flee but under certain circumstances such as their leader, Morianton, beating a servant girl, who then fled and told Moroni of their intentions, they were stopped because Moroni didn't want this to cause more problems (v29-33). The army that Moroni sent was lead by Teancum and they met with Morianton's people near the land of Desolation in battle in which Teancum slew Morianton and took prisoners (v34-35).
The people had been led by a wicked man and were not severely punished because they promised to keep the peace if things could go back to the way they were (v36). This all happened at the end of the 24th year and at the same time, Nephihah, who became Chief Judge when Alma resigned to be a full-time church leader, resigned and appointed his son, Pahoran, to fill his shoes (v39-40). Now Nephihah was a good Chief Judge and was righteous, but he had refused the sacred records when Alma had offered meaning he knew that Helaman was the rightful leader of the church and it was wise to keep them separate (v37-38). I hope his son is as good as he was...