And now we come to the fruits of this conversion process. We are told that these people, who had formerly waged war against the Nephites and who had been guilty of robbery, predatory looting and murder, now laid down their weapons of war and conquest and covenanted with God that they would never be take up again, even in defense of their own lives. Then the record highlights a most significant statement. It says all of these converts were Lamanites. The apostates Nephites who had come down to join the Lamanites did not respond to the message.