“If Ye Will Do This Ye Shall Not Be Destroyed”

Brant Gardner

Giddianhi offers the carrot and the stick. The Nephites can have a relatively pleasant life as a tributary or die. There are no other options. Of course, Giddianhi does not entertain the notion that the Nephites might defeat the Gadiantons.

Second Witness: Analytical & Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 5

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