The Ammonites, when they converted to Christianity, promised "that they never would use weapons again for the shedding of man’s blood" and "rather than shed the blood of their brethren they would give up their own lives". After being attacked by the Lamanites, the Ammonites moved to a territory given to them by the Nephites.
After a few more years, the Lamanites began attacking the Nephites. When the Ammonites saw how the Nephites were suffering by defending them, the Ammonites were considering breaking the promise they had made not to defend themselves when two thousand of their sons (who had been too young at the time to have made the promise) volunteered to fight for the defense of the Nephites and the Ammonites.
Helaman, the son of Alma the Younger and a leader of the church among the Nephites, was approached to be their commander. The army was used extensively and was one of the Nephite's most effective military units. Though every soldier was wounded at one time or another, there were no fatalities among the warriors. Mormon, the compiler of the Book of Mormon, and Helaman, their commander, as well as the young men themselves, attributed this to the upbringing provided by their mothers and the great faith they exhibited.
The story of the 2,000 stripling warriors is one of the most beloved and well-known in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latrter-Day Saints.
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