Begin to make preparations

1. Alma 24: 4
     4 And the king died in that selfsame year that the Lamanites began to make preparations for war against the people of God.
2. Alma 35: 11
     11 And thus the Zoramites and the Lamanites began to make preparations for war against the people of Ammon, and also against the Nephites.
3. Alma 57: 3
     3 And Ammoron refused mine epistle, for he would not exchange prisoners; therefore we began to make preparations to go against the city of Antiparah.
4. Alma 58: 15
     15 And it came to pass that when they saw that we were not strong, according to our numbers, and fearing that we should cut them off from their support except they should come out to battle against us and kill us, and also supposing that they could easily destroy us with their numerous hosts, therefore they began to make preparations to come out against us to battle.