Helaman shows a little of the frustration that he had with the Zarahemla government. Since this is after the fact, the tone he would have taken at the time would likely have been much harsher than it appears here. We see some of that frustration when he speaks of “our embarrassments.” An army that was defending the nation from the approach of a huge Lamanite army received nothing more than a unit of two thousand, a number Helaman has called a “little band” (Alma 57:19). It was certainly a drop in the bucket compared to the reinforcements he saw the Lamanites receive. He exaggerates the Lamanite force to “innumerable.” While certainly not accurate, it was nevertheless an impressive comparison of the relative sizes of the armies arrayed against each other.