Geographic: The mention of the city of Nephihah at this point as an alternate location for an attack suggests that Nephihah was a location accessible from the Antiparah, Cumeni, Zeezrom, Manti area. Later details suggest that Manti was the closest, and this suggests that Nephihah lay down the Sidon river valley, but on the other side of the river from Zarahemla (that is, on the east side). Nephihah must also be closer to the eastern front, and we will see that refugees from eastern seaboard cities take shelter in Nephihah. All of this appears to suggest that Nephihah lay somewhere upriver from the eastern cities, and downriver from Manti (see John L. Sorenson, An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon. FARMS 1980, p. 241, map 12. Sorenson places Nephihah nearer the eastern seaboard, but this verse suggests it may have been further from the eastern cities and closer to Manti).