Amalickiah is able to gather another army to bring to bear on the Nephites. Mormon tells us that Amalickiah will “come down to the land of Zarahemla.” This not only indicates the relative elevation of the two lands, but it also uses Zarahemla as a convenient reference for the whole of the land. The attack will not come upon Zarahemla directly, but is upon the greater land of Zarahemla. It is against Zarahemla in the sense that Zarahemla stands for the hegemony of dependent city-states in the land of Zarahemla.