According to the chronological chart in Appendix A, Alma1 could have lived in the wilderness at the waters of Mormon or at the city of Helam for between 19 and 34 years. Because of the searches made by the Lamanite army, the territory between the land of Shemlon, the place Mormon and the land of Helam had apparently become more and more familiar to the Lamanites over time, and thus "the Lamanites had taken possession of all these lands" (Mosiah 24:2). In Alma 22:27-34, the land of Nephi described seems much more extensive than that described in the Book of Mosiah. Perhaps the small local land that the Nephites previously referred to as the "land of Nephi" had become much larger by Alma 22 because of Lamanite expansion. (Hence, the description of a more extensive land of Nephi in Alma 22:27-34.) [Alan C. Miner, Personal Notes]