We find out about the truth of why the government has been lacking in their duties to provide for the military! The king-men are a problem and are in league with the Lamanites because they seek power. Pahoran asks Moroni for any help he can offer to rid the inner government of wickedness.
After Moroni's strongly worded letter to Pahoran (more like a threat), he receives an answer that goes a little something like this (v1):
"Hey Moroni, its Pahoran, I understand what you're going through man and it sucks, trust me, I get that, but we got some problems here too (v2-3). There have been some people rebelling and tried to remove me from the judgment seat by leading away the hearts of the people here (v4). It got so bad that I'm actually not in Zarahemla at the moment, I'm actually in Gideon hiding, but don't worry because I've already sent out word to everyone and people are coming to fight in defence of their country (v5-7). Those who have risen to the occasion are ready to fight the cowardly king-men who took over and elected a king, and guess what, they contacted the Lamanites to ally with them in order to have power if we are defeated (v8).
"Now, to address your strongly worded letter, I'm not mad you threatened me, instead I'm so glad you feel the way you do because I know I do not seek for power like the king-men; all I want is to retain the judgment seat to help the cause of liberty (v9-12). The Lord wouldn't command us to fight for the sake of power so we fight to resist evil and have religious freedom (v13-14). Now that we are on the same page, HELP ME! Leave Lehi and Teancum in charge and come fight against the dissenters so we can have our capital Zarahemla back and put an end to their iniquity (v15-18).
"I am truly glad you wrote, it was like an answer to my prayer of what to do about all this, and now I see that we do need to purge the inward vessel (v19-20). Send my regards to Lehi and Teancum and let us be brothers in the Lord with faith. ~Pahoran (v21).
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