Moronihah was the leader of the Nephite army. When I think about wartime and the leaders of armies I picture those men as the ones who create battle plans and go out and do the fighting. They are the George Pattons and the Douglas MacArthurs of the world.
Usually it is other leaders or diplomats who then get together and come up with peace treaties. After WWII it was President Truman and British Prime Minister Clement Attlee who represented their countries at the Paris Peace Conference. So I found this interesting that Moronihah is the one who not only fought the war but established the peace. We saw him in chapter 1 send all the prisoners out of the land "in peace". He seems to be a person who is able to do both those things.
Doctrine and Covenants 98:16 says, Therefore, renounce war and proclaim peace, and seek diligently to turn the hearts of the children to their fathers, and the hearts of the fathers to the children.
Isn't that what Moronihah was doing? It had been many years since Lehi brought his family to the promised land but still these Nephites and Lamanites were a family. They were dysfunctional and had been warring with each other for years but that did not negate the blood relationship between the two.
Moronihah knows their history. War followed war followed war. If there was to be any end to these conflicts then it was time to "establish peace". We aren't told how he did that but we know from the history of the world that when a war ends it takes a lot of work to establish a peace that will allow nations to heal.
Once again we get a small glimpse of the greatness of this particular leader.
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