3  Now the leader of those who were wroth against their brethren was a large and a strong man; and his name was ^aAmalickiah.

  11  Now his armies were not so great as they had hitherto been, because of the many thousands who had been ^aslain by the hand of the Nephites; but notwithstanding their great loss, Amalickiah had gathered together a wonderfully great army, insomuch that he feared not to come down to the land of Zarahemla.