Ammon taught Limhi that “a man may have great power given him from God” (Mosiah 8:16). In this battle the stripling warriors were granted power beyond their own.
“Wendell Philips once said, ‘One on God’s side is a majority’ ([Ken Burns, Ric Burns, and Geoffery C. Ward, The Civil War (1990) ], 399). Mormon is making the same point by including the story of the sons of Helaman. … When the Lord is on your side, the size and strength of the opposition makes no difference” (Bassett, “Nephi’s Freedom Thesis and the Sons of Helaman,” 298).