Zeezrom

[9] The chief cases the record describes involved debt,[10] though, according to History and Religious Studies professor Grant Hardy, the judges handled a variety of situations.

[11] Protestant and theologist John Thomas also points out that the people were influenced by the philosophies of Nehor,[12] a man who thought that fame and money took precedence over honesty.

[13][8] In an article for Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, Pennsylvania State sociology professor Stephen Robert Couch draws upon the work of other researchers in discussing the sophist, or introspective-resistant, ways of Ammonihah's lawyers; in contrast, Alma and Amulek were able to help Zeezrom reflect and recognize his mistakes.

The Book of Mormon account attributes the cause to the intense guilt he felt about his past,[16] while Thomas came to the same conclusion when he read the story.

It took the Nephites five years to handle the invasion,[19] but the Book of Mormon Reference Guide states that the city may have eventually been deserted by the Lamanites.