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 they were attacked by a fresh Lamanite army.

After a sore battle, the Lamanites took the city of Desolation, killing many Nephites and taking many prisoners. Those who were not killed or captured ran to the nearby city of Teancum, located on the western seashore near Desolation.

The Nephite army lost many men by attacking the Lamanites. If they had stayed in the city of Desolation, the Lamanites would not have overpowered them.

It was in reality, God's judgments that overpowered the Nephites, for He allows the wicked to create war, and thereby the wicked punish the wicked.

The Lamanites began to prepare for war again. In 364 AD they attacked the city of Teancum to try and take it. But the Lamanites were driven back by the Nephites, who again boasted of their own strength.

And with confidence in their own might, the Nephites regained the city of Desolation. Thousands of Nephites and Lamanites were killed during these struggles.

By 366 AD the Nephites had still not repented, and the Lamanites attacked them again.

It is impossible to speak, or to write a perfect description, of the horrible scene of blood and carnage among the Nephites and the Lamanites. Every heart was so hard, they all delighted in continuel bloodshed. The Lord told me there had never been such great wickedness among all of Lehi's descendants, or among all the house of Israel, as there was among this people.

Because they greatly outnumbered the Nephites, the Lamanites conquered Desolation a second time. Then they marched against