“The Stripling Warriors,” Friend, August 2024, 26–27.
Scripture Stories
The Stripling Warriors
The people that Ammon and his brothers taught wanted to follow Jesus Christ. They buried their weapons and promised God that they would never fight again.
But soon they needed to protect their families. The fathers who buried their weapons didn’t want to break their promise with God. So their sons prepared to fight in their place. They were called the two thousand stripling warriors. Stripling means “young.”
The stripling warriors had never fought in a war before. But their mothers helped prepare them and taught them to trust God.
They chose Helaman to be their leader. They were brave, and God helped them. All of them were hurt, but they helped each other. God honored their faith, and they all lived!