This was a time

1. Alma 28: 4
     4 And now this was a time that there was a great mourning and lamentation heard throughout all the land, among all the people of Nephi—
2. Alma 51: 9
     9 But behold, this was a critical time for such contentions to be among the people of Nephi; for behold, Amalickiah had again stirred up the hearts of the people of the Lamanites against the people of the Nephites, and he was gathering together soldiers from all parts of his land, and arming them, and preparing for war with all diligence; for he had sworn to drink the blood of Moroni.