“When we look carefully at what the Book of Mormon says about war, we find that the many military activities reported did not take place just anytime during the calendar year. Rather, they occurred according to a definite pattern. Certain months were war months while others were not. The complete consistency of this pattern reminds us of how many details the writers of this scripture kept straight … .
“For example, Alma 16:1 says that a Lamanite army attacked around the city of Ammonihah on ‘the fifth day of the second month in the eleventh year’ of the reign of the judges over the Nephites” (Sorenson, “Seasons of War, Seasons of Peace,” 249).