This situation is a marked change from two years earlier when Helaman and his small band of two thousand arrived in Judea. Then Antipus’s army was on the verge of desperation (Alma 56:16). Now the Nephites have defeated one of the strongest Lamanite armies, have retaken Antiparah without bloodshed, and have received six thousand troops from Zarahemla along with provisions. They begin the twenty-ninth year with greater strength, greater confidence, and greater optimism.