The army of Antipus garrisoned the city of Judea under Antipus, a Nephite leader appointed over the people of that part of the land. Its numbers had been reduced by the Lamanites, and Helaman found Antipus and his men fortifying the city, worn in body and spirit, when he arrived with his two thousand young Ammonite soldiers (Alma 56:9-16).
To draw out the Lamanite force stationed at Antiparah, Antipus ordered Helaman to march his small army past the city as though carrying provisions. The Lamanites pursued Helaman northward, and Antipus marched after them from behind. Weary from the long, fast march, Antipus’s army overtook the Lamanites and a battle began, but Antipus fell by the sword along with many of his leaders, and his men, confused by the loss of their commanders, began to give way (Alma 56:30-51).
When Helaman turned back with his two thousand and struck the Lamanite rear, the whole Lamanite army halted and turned on him. The men of Antipus then gathered together and came again upon the rear of the Lamanites (Alma 56:53), so that the combined Nephite forces surrounded the Lamanites and compelled them to surrender as prisoners of war. Survivors of Antipus’s army were sent with the prisoners to the land of Zarahemla (Alma 56).