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During periods of Nephite righteousness, selection of military leaders possessed of these spiritual gifts was standard practice. [Lachoneus...]

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In the account of the prophet-general Gidgiddoni, the Book of Mormon offers meaningful guidance about the possible justifications for waging war. Prohibiting preemptive strikes, even against a seemingly intractable foe, God tells Gidgiddoni to prepare the Nephite people, gather their armies, and wait, instead of hunting the enemy to "destroy them in their own lands." This restraint was typical of other Nephite military chiefs who, like Gidgiddoni, were also prophets.

Wars of Preemption, Wars of Revenge

Author(s): Jeffrey R. Johansen

Source: Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol. 35, No. 3 (Fall 2002), pp. 236-238 Published by: University of Illinois Press

Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/45228394

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Contrast this with the behavior of Captain Moroni who, on one occasion during wartime, could have slain a number of Lamanites who “were drunken,” and yet refused to do so because “this was not the desire of Moroni; he did not delight in murder or bloodshed, but he delighted in the saving of his people from destruction” and therefore he “would not fall upon the Lamanites and destroy them in their drunkenness” (Alma 55: 18–19). It is not clear whether the same could be said of all the Nephites as a group, but it was clearly characteristic of many of the leaders of Nephite armies through the centuries. Consider that Nephi, king Benjamin, Alma, Gidgiddoni, Mormon, and Moroni all led armies of one size or another and that all were prophets.

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Finally, people manifested their at-one-ment by uniting for their own defense. During one difficult period when the Nephites were threatened by Gadianton robbers, they demonstrated their at- one-ment by uniting themselves under their chief military o cer, Gidgiddoni, and their chief judge, Lachoneus, to defeat their enemies. is united effort put a temporary end to divisive and destructive secret combinations and led to renewed investments in public goods that integrated people and reduced inequality.