Mormon notes that "the king of the Lamanites had appointed kings over all these lands" (Mosiah 24:2) apparently meaning the lands of Helam, Shemlon, Shilom, and Amulon referred to in the preceding verse. The idea that there were different Lamanite kings in all these lands brings up some interesting cultural questions. How many Lamanite kings and subkings were there in the general land of Nephi? Did the Lamanite system of kings differ from the Nephite system? Where did the Lamanites learn this system of kings? Perhaps we are talking about people of many cultures or tribes being governed by their own subking, but being subject to a powerful "Lamanite" king. [Alan C. Miner, Personal Notes]