- Moroni tells Zerahemnah that the Lord is on the Nephites’ side and orders the Lamanites to turn in their weapons and pledge never to come to battle again.
- Zerahemnah lays his weapons at the feet of Moroni, but refuses to make a promise of peace or to acknowledge the hand of the Lord in the Nephites’ victory.
- Moroni gives the weapons back to Zerahemnah, insisting that he either promise not to attack anymore, or fight to the death.
- Zerahemnah, furious, takes his sword back, and rushes forward to kill Moroni, but one of Moroni’s soldiers steps in, and scalps Zerahemnah.
- The soldier picks up Zerahemnah’s scalp with his sword, and declares that the Lamanites will likewise fall if they don’t surrender and promise to be peaceful.
- Many Lamanites, struck with fear, drop their weapons at Moroni’s feet, promising peace.
- Zerahemnah, furious, rallies the remaining Lamanites, and they engage in battle once again with the Nephites, but are swiftly wiped out due to their lack of armor.
- Seeing that his army is being exterminated at a rapid pace, Zerahemnah surrenders, and promises never to come to war again, and the Lamanites depart into the wilderness.
- The casualty count is so large that they do not count the dead, and the Nephites return home.
- The Nephites rejoice and thank God for their victory.