Therefore they sent their armies forth; yea, even the king himself went before his people; and they went up to the land of Nephi to destroy the people of Limhi. And now Limhi had discovered them from the tower, [i]2469[/i] even all their preparations for war did he discover; therefore he gathered his people together, and laid wait for them in the fields and in the forests. [i]2470[/i]